Nucleic Acid Testing

West Nile Virus testing begins at New York blood center

Published in Drug Week, August 1st, 2003

New York Blood Center has begun testing all donated blood for West Nile Virus (WNV) using nucleic acid testing (NAT).

The testing will take place at the blood center's newly outfitted lab in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

"Last summer our nation saw the largest epidemic of WNV ever recorded with over 4000 cases between May-December. Physicians also discovered that some 60 WNV cases were transmitted via blood transfusion. But the good news is that much has been done to prepare for another WNV outbreak, including the development and implementation of this new detection test in record time," explained Dr. Robert Jones, president and CEO, New York Blood...

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Source: Drug Week (2003-08-01)

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