Failure of 2nd‐ and 3rd‐Generation HCV ELISA and RIBA to Detect HCV Polymerase Chain Reaction‐Positive Donations

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 236-237

  Dow, B C ^a   Follett, E A C ^a   Munro, H ^a   Buchanan, I ^a   Roy, K ^a   McOmish, F ^b   Yap, P L ^b   Simmonds, P ^b  

^a SCOTTISH NATIONAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

BLOOD DONOR; CONTAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCREENING TEST;

BLOOD DONORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0028146593     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1994.tb01668.x     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Analysis of a new hepatitis C virus type and its phylogenetic relationship to existing variants
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3. Sensitivity of serological assays to identify blood donors with hepatitis C viraemia
4. The declining risk of post‐transfusion hepatitis C virus infection