Blood Testing
Viral RNA Stable When Blood Sample Stored Below 25(degree)C
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, July 24th, 2000
Research results were presented in Los Angeles, California, at the 100th General Meeting of the American Society for General Microbiology ("HIV-1 and Hepatitis C Viral RNA Stability in Whole Blood and Plasma Specimens Measured by Transcription-Mediated Amplification").
"The stability of HIV-1 and HCV in whole blood and plasma was evaluated to define the optimal conditions for specimen collection, handling, and storage," reported J. Jovenal and colleagues from Gen-Probe...
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