Conference Coverage (Blood Safety-Europe)
PCR Is Specific and Sensitive for HIV-1 Subtypes
Published in Blood Weekly, December 14th, 1998
Sequence-based detection of viral RNA or DNA is increasingly used to reduce the window period of infectivity of donated blood.
Stefan Bosbach, Swiss National Center for Retroviruses, University of Zurich, Switzerland, and colleagues developed a 5' nuclease PCR assay (TaqMan automation) for the rapid detection of HIV-1 RNA in plasma samples.
They presented their research in a poster at the Blood Safety-Europe Conference held November 16-17, 1998, in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Source: Blood Weekly (1998-12-14)
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