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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) cDNA was amplified from serum of 26/40 French chronic non-A, non-B hepatitis patients by the nested polymerase chain reaction. Compared with anti-C100, viral cDNA represents a more reliable marker of active HCV replication.
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Li, J., Vitvitski, L., Tong, S., Trépo, C. (1992). PCR detection of HCV RNA among French non-A, non-B hepatitis patients. In: De Bac, C., Taliani, G., Gerlich, W.H. (eds) Chronically Evolving Viral Hepatitis. Archives of Virology, vol 4. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-5633-9_51
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