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Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Genotype Assay (LiPA)

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The Versant-LiPA HCV genotype assay is a line probe assay designed to identify hepatitis C virus in human serum and plasma. This test allows the genotyping of the six major types and their most common subtypes.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Ben Taub General Hospital, 1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Charles E. Stager Ph.D., D(ABMM) & Tavat A. Buraruk B.S., MT(ASCP)

  2. Molecular Laboratory, Ben Taub Hospital, 1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Charles E. Stager Ph.D., D(ABMM) & Tavat A. Buraruk B.S., MT(ASCP)

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Correspondence to Charles E. Stager Ph.D., D(ABMM) .

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  1. , Molecular Genetic Technology Program, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd. Unit 2, Houston, 77030, Texas, USA

    Peter Hu

  2. , Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, 615 Michael St. NE, Suite 315, Atlanta, 30322, Georgia, USA

    Madhuri Hegde

  3. , Molecular Genetic Technology Program, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 2, Houston, 77030, Texas, USA

    Patrick Alan Lennon

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Stager, C.E., Buraruk, T.A. (2012). Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Genotype Assay (LiPA). In: Hu, P., Hegde, M., Lennon, P. (eds) Modern Clinical Molecular Techniques. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2170-2_10

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