Sumera Naz, Attya Bhatti, Mohammad Shoaib Khan.
Emerging molecular approaches and their significance in the diagnosis and management of hepatitis C virus infection.
Gomal J Med Sci Jan ;5(2):75-80.

Molecular biology based assays are invaluable tools for the diagnosis and management of chronic viral hepatitis. They can be used to test donor`s blood, to diagnose active infection, guide treatment decisions, assess the virological response to therapy and establish the prognosis. For hepatitis C infection, these include serological assays for anti-HCV antibody detection and molecular assays that detect and quantify HCV-RNA and determine the HCV genotype. This article reviews the current molecular biology based techniques and assays and their practical use in the management of hepatitis C virus infection. This is a review article.

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