Hepatitis B Virus

HBV sequence analysis compared with INNO-LiPA HBV DR line probe assay

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, January 9th, 2006

A study from Turkey has presented a comparison of sequence analysis and INNO-LiPA HBV DR line probe assay in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV).

"The aim of this study was to compare direct sequence analysis of partial HBV pol gene and Inno-LiPA HBV DR in serum samples of 120 chronic hepatitis B patients sent to the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory of Ege University Hospital because of lamivudine resistance," wrote R.Y. Sertoz and colleagues, Ege University.

"Sequence analysis was performed on ABI Prism 310 Genetic Analyzer. Comparison of Inno-LiPA and sequence results obtained by double-blind evaluation showed full agreement (both at...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2006-01-09)

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