Replacement of HIV p24 Ag test by a multiplex RT-PCR method for primary screening of blood donors Substituição do teste de p24 Ag (HIV) por um RT-PCR multiplex na triagem primária de doadores de sangue

Replacement of HIV p24 Ag test by a multiplex RT-PCR method for primary screening of blood donors Substituição do teste de p24 Ag (HIV) por um RT-PCR multiplex na triagem primária de doadores de sangue

Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) as a tool for primary screening of blood donors became a reality in the end of the 1990 decade. We report here the development of an "in-house" RT-PCR method that allows the simultaneous (multiplex) detection of HCV and HIV-RNA in addition to an artificial RNA em...

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Main Authors: José Eduardo Levi, Silvano Wendel, Deise Tihe Takaoka, Isabela Cristina Silva, Juliana Polachini de Castro, Mário A. Torezan-Filho, Jorge Ghaname, Romualdo Gioachini, Joselito Brandão, Evaldo Pasquini Landi, Antônio César Teixeira, Edison Luis Durigon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2007-06-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Nucleic Acid Testing
Blood Donors
RT-PCR
Transfusional Risk
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
p24 Ag
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