## Abstract Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) represent an extrahepatic hepatitis C virus (HCV) reservoir, the significance of which is unclear due to limited studies and varying test methodologies. In this study, a commercial viral load assay for measuring cellβassociated PBMC HCV RNA was
Quantification of hepatitis C virus RNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells: a comparison between patients chronically infected by HCV and patients coinfected by HIV
β Scribed by B. Cribier; D. Rey; G. Uhl; C. Schmitt; E. Libbrecht; D. Vetter; J.M. Lang; A. Kirn; F. Stoll-Keller
- Book ID
- 117615737
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 771 KB
- Volume
- 147
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0923-2516
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