Evaluation of the clinical utility of Cobas TaqMan HCV v2.0

• Published in: Kanzo Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 21 - 23
• Main Authors: Suzuki, Fumitaka, Suzuki, Yoshiyuki, Akuta, Norio, Sezaki, Hitomi, Kawamura, Yusuke, Hosaka, Tetsuya, Kobayashi, Masahiro, Saitoh, Satoshi, Arase, Yasuji, Ikeda, Kenji, Kondo, Masaki, Furutani, Shigeyuki, Sakakura, Yasuhiko, Kobayashi, Mariko, Kumada, Hiromitsu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese; English
• Published: The Japan Society of Hepatology 2015
• Subjects: HCV RNA; TaqMan; Viral load

The correlation and sensitivity of TaqMan HCV v1.0 (v.1.0) and TaqMan HCV v2.0 (v.2.0) were evaluated by using 239 clinical specimens from 40 patients undergoing Telaprevir-based triple therapy. A correlation study was performed with the specimens from patients at baseline, day 1 and day 3 of the th...