Rt Pcr/ish For Hepatitis C Virus

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Contents 1 Indications 2 Specimen 3 Procedure 4 Notes 5 More General Terms 6 Additional Terms 7 References

Indications

• hepatitis C

Specimen

• whole blood ( ACD or EDTA)
• liver
• store body fluids at 4 degrees C
• store tissue at -20 degrees C or below

Procedure

• reverse transriptase PCR

Notes

• conserved 5' non- coding region generally used.

More General Terms

• molecular diagnostic test

Additional Terms

• hepatitis C virus

References

Clinical Guide to Laboratory Tests, 3rd ed. Teitz ed.,  W.B. Saunders, 1995

RT-PCR/in-situ hybridization for hepatitis C virus