Comparison of four extraction methods to detect hepatitis A virus RNA in serum and stool samples

The efficiency of extraction methods for hepatitis A virus (HAV) RNA in clinical samples is of great importance for molecular diagnosis, especially in regions endemic for HAV, such as Brazil. We compared the efficiency of four different extraction techniques in serum and stool samples for the detect...

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Main Authors: Paula Vanessa Salete de, Villar Livia Melo, Gaspar Ana Maria Coimbra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2003-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
HAV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702003000200007