The use of real-time PCR to detect hepatitis C virus RNA in dried blood spots from Brazilian patients infected chronically

In Vivo Tropism of Hepatitis C Virus Genomic Sequences in Hematopoietic Cells: Influence of Viral Load, Viral Genotype, and Cell Phenotype

Hervé Lerat, Sylvie Rumin, François Habersetzer et al. · Blood · 1998 · 256 citations

Geographic distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes in Brazil

Simone Campiotto, João Renato Rebello Pinho, Flair José Carrilho et al. · Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research · 2005 · 223 citations · Full text

Hepatology, Hepatitis C, Chronic Hcv Patients +13

Seroprevalence of viral hepatitis in riverine communities from the Western Region of the Brazilian Amazon Basin

Vanessa Salete de Paula, ME Arruda, CL Vitral et al. · Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2001 · 91 citations · Full text

Virus Epidemiology, Viral Diagnostics, Hepatitis B +18

High Correlation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 Viral Load Measured in Dried-Blood Spot Samples and in Plasma under Different Storage Conditions

Ma. Tereza Alvarez-Muñoz, Silvia Zaragoza-Rodríguez, Othón Rojas-Montes et al. · Archives of Medical Research · 2005 · 83 citations

Dried-blood Spot Samples, Viral Persistence, Medicine +10

HIV-1 and HCV detection in dried blood spots by SYBR Green multiplex real-time RT-PCR

Elisa De Crignis, Maria Carla Re, Laura Cimatti et al. · Journal of Virological Methods · 2010 · 72 citations

Diagnostic Virology, Viral Diagnostics, Dried Blood Spots +7