ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2008
Occult hepatitis C virus infection revisited with ultrasensitive real-time PCR assay.
Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of HCV-infected patients following sustained virologic response.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2023Article
- Occult HCV Infection: The Current State of Knowledge.Iranian Red Crescent medical journal · 2015Review
- A New Twist to a Chronic HCV Infection: Occult Hepatitis C.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2015Review
- Prevalence and follow-up of occult HCV infection in an Italian population free of clinically detectable infectious liver disease.PloS one · 2012Article
- The place of immunotherapy in the management of HCV-induced vasculitis: an update.Clinical & developmental immunology · 2012Review
- Occult hepatitis C virus infection and its relevance in clinical practice.Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology · 2011Article
- Does occult hepatitis C virus infection exist?Journal of clinical microbiology · 2008Article
- DNA sequences homologous to hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the extrachromosomal circular DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of HCV-negative subjects.Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. BArticle
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Abstract
Occult hepatitis C infection is regarded as a new entity that should be considered when diagnosing patients with a liver disease of unknown origin. Using an ultrasensitive real-time PCR assay, we demonstrated that occult hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection cannot be found in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with cryptogenic liver diseases, HCV--associated systemic vasculitis, or connective tissue diseases. The significance of such occult infection must be elucidated.
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