Clinical Significance of Two Real-Time PCR Assays for Chronic Hepatitis C Patients Receiving Protease Inhibitor-Based Therapy.

The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of two hepatitis C virus (HCV) real-time PCR assays, the COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan HCV test (CAP/CTM) and the Abbott RealTime HCV test (ART), for predicting the clinical outcomes of patients infected with HCV who received telaprevir (TVR)-based...

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Main Authors: Takako Inoue, Su Su Hmwe, Noritomo Shimada, Keizo Kato, Tatsuya Ide, Takuji Torimura, Takashi Kumada, Hidenori Toyoda, Akihito Tsubota, Koichi Takaguchi, Takaji Wakita, Yasuhito Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5261727?pdf=render