Open AccessSerological and Molecular Testing in Viral Hepatitis: An Update
Author(s) -
Shiobhan R. Weston,
Paul Martin
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
canadian journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-7237
pISSN - 0835-7900
DOI - 10.1155/2001/390294
Subject(s) - serology , viral hepatitis , virology , chronic hepatitis , medicine , viral load , immunology , hepatitis , hepatitis c , virus , antibody
The routine serological diagnoses of the three major forms of viral hepatitis - A, B and C - as well as delta hepatitis, are important in the evaluation of acute and chronic viral hepatitis. Increasingly, molecular virology is also being used to evaluate patients with chronic hepatitis C, with genotype and viral load testing to plan therapy.
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