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L E Prescott

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Prescott L, Simmonds P
Methods Mol Med . 2011 Mar; 19:199-205. PMID: 21374361
The RNA genome of hepatitis C virus (HCV) displays extensive sequence variation, and consequently, the virus is classified into six major genotypes. The severity of disease and response to antiviral...
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Prescott L, Norcini J, McKinlay P, Rennie J
Med Educ . 2002 Feb; 36(1):92-7. PMID: 11849528
Context: The evaluation of competence in the health professions is of great importance to the public and professionals alike. Recent efforts to design dependable and accurate systems of assessment for...
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Prescott L, McKinlay P, Rennie J
Br Dent J . 2001 Mar; 190(1):41-4. PMID: 11235979
The role of competencies in postgraduate dental education and training has been a major topic of interest in recent years. Concerns have been voiced from all sides of the profession...
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Simmonds P, Prescott L, Logue C, Davidson F, THOMAS A, Ludlam C
J Infect Dis . 1999 Oct; 180(5):1748-50. PMID: 10516086
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Prescott L, Macdonald D, Davidson F, Mokili J, Pritchard D, Arnot D, et al.
J Gen Virol . 1999 Jul; 80 ( Pt 7):1751-1758. PMID: 10423144
TT virus (TTV) is a newly discovered DNA virus originally classified as a member of the Parvoviridae. TTV is transmitted by blood transfusion where it has been reported to be...
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Davidson F, MacDonald D, Mokili J, Prescott L, Graham S, Simmonds P
J Infect Dis . 1999 Apr; 179(5):1070-6. PMID: 10191206
TT virus (TTV) is widely distributed, with high frequencies of viremia in South America, Central Africa, and Papua New Guinea. The incidence and timing of infection in children born in...
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Prescott L, Simmonds P
N Engl J Med . 1998 Sep; 339(11):776-7. PMID: 9742036
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Adams N, Prescott L, Jarvis L, Lewis J, McClure M, Smith D, et al.
J Gen Virol . 1998 Aug; 79 ( Pt 8):1871-7. PMID: 9714234
Infection with hepatitis G virus (HGV) or GB virus-C (GBV-C) is widely distributed in human populations. Viruses related to GBV-C/HGV have been recovered from several New World primate species, including...
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Simmonds P, Davidson F, Lycett C, Prescott L, Macdonald D, Ellender J, et al.
Lancet . 1998 Jul; 352(9123):191-5. PMID: 9683208
Background: A newly discovered DNA virus, transfusion-transmitted virus (TTV), has been implicated as a cause of post-transfusion hepatitis. We investigated the frequency of TTV viraemia in UK blood donors, and...
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Neville J, Prescott L, Bhattacherjee V, Adams N, Pike I, Rodgers B, et al.
J Clin Microbiol . 1997 Dec; 35(12):3062-70. PMID: 9399495
Assays that detect antibody to hepatitis C virus (HCV) are used to screen blood donors and patients with hepatitis. Current enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-based methods are invariably based upon antigens...