Detection of Hepatitis C virus RNA using a novel hybridization chain reaction method that competitively dampens cascade amplification

• Chen Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chen Zhang, Qingrong Qu

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Diagnosis, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China, Center of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China

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• Qingrong Qu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chen Zhang, Qingrong Qu

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of tuberculosis, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

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• Yuming Yao,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Diagnosis, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China

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• Xiaobo Fan ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: 101011951@seu.edu.cn (XF); 101008404@seu.edu.cn (GW)

  Affiliation Department of Diagnosis, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China

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• Guoqiu Wu

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: 101011951@seu.edu.cn (XF); 101008404@seu.edu.cn (GW)

  Affiliations Department of Diagnosis, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China, Center of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0403-7607

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