QUANTIFICATION OF HBV DNA AND ITS IMPACT ON VIRAL LOAD MONITORING

  • Shweta Rawat 1Molecular Research Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical & Health Sciences, Patel Nagar, Dehradun-248001(Uttarakhand), India. 2GLA University, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Abstract

HBV is a causative agent for chronic hepatitis, and can cause liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Chronic carriers are at high risk of long term complications of infection, including chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Study includes the ease, reliability and sensitivity of HBV DNA quantification by RT PCR and its clinical significance in viral load monitoring.

 

Keywords:  Carcinoma, Real Time PCR, Quantification, TaqMan Probe, Amplification.

Published
2013-08-30
How to Cite
Rawat, S. (2013). QUANTIFICATION OF HBV DNA AND ITS IMPACT ON VIRAL LOAD MONITORING. Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research, 2(4). Retrieved from http://jbpr.in/index.php/jbpr/article/view/372
Issue
Vol. 2 No. 4 (2013)
Section
Research Articles

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