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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 1998, p. 1461-1463, Vol. 36, No. 5
Département de Microbiologie
Médicale et Moléculaire,
Received 28 October 1997/Returned for modification 22 December
1997/Accepted 9 February 1998
Two methods for genotyping hepatitis C virus (DNA enzyme
immunoassay [DEIA] and line probe assay [Inno-LiPA HCV I and II]) were compared on 120 samples and of these 87% were assigned to the
same subtype by both assays. There were 15 subtyping discrepancies which involved 5% of type 1 isolates and 90% of type 2 isolates. Amplified products from the core and 5' untranslated regions (UTR) were
sequenced to resolve conflicts. Type 1 discordant samples had a
guanosine at position
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Comparison of DNA Enzyme Immunoassay and Line Probe
Assays (Inno-LiPA HCV I and II) for Hepatitis C Virus
Genotyping
99 in the 5' UTR, a characteristic of genotype
1b, and a core region typical of subtype 1a. The eight isolates
classified as 2a/2c by LiPA and as subtype 2c by DEIA belonged to type
2.
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Département de Microbiologie Médicale et Moléculaire
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Cedex, France. Phone: (33) 2 47 47 69 97. Fax: (33) 2 47 47 36 10. E-mail: gondeau{at}med.univ-tours.fr.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 1998, p. 1461-1463, Vol. 36, No. 5
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