Hepatitis B Virus
Research from Puget Sound Blood Center in hepatitis B virus provides new insights
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, August 18th, 2008
According to recent research from the United States, "Hepatitis B virus (HBV) residual risk has been estimated at 1:63,000-1:205,000 and introduction of more sensitive serological tests and nucleic acid testing (NAT) would reduce that risk. Sensitivity of the recently licensed Abbott PRISM hepatitis 6 surface antigen (HBsAg) CLIA and minipool (MP) HBV NAT has been described as comparable and thus the need for HBV NAT has not been compelling."
"In this study, eight samples identified as yield samples with MP HBV NAT were tested using the PRISM test. Seven samples were identified using the Roche COBAS AmpliScreen HBV test and one additional sample was obtained from the...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2008-08-18)
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