Conference Coverage (Blood Safety-Europe)

PCR System Analyzes Plasma for Presence of Viruses

Published in Blood Weekly, December 7th, 1998

A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test system identified virus-reactive units of plasma that had gone undetected with current antigen/antibody assays.

The PCR test system was developed by Centeon Pharma GmbH to analyze plasma for fractionation for the presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and HIV-1 nucleic acids.

The system consists of a pooling strategy, a PCR test, and a software solution to trace samples through the process, indicated Thomas Weimer, Centeon Pharma GmbH, Marburg, Germany, at the Blood Safety-Europe Conference held November 16-17, 1998, in Lisbon, Portugal.

The research took place in...

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