Experiences in HCV-NAT screening prior to releasing cellular components by the German Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service of Baden-Wurttemberg

Biologicals

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 281-284

  Cardoso, M S ^a   Koerner, K ^a   Hinz, W ^a   Lenz, C ^a   Prokein, S ^a   Rau, B ^a   Schwandt, A ^a   Kubanek, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; VIRUS RNA;

BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GERMANY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0033495683     PISSN: 10451056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/biol.1999.0221     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Koerner K, Cardoso M, Dengler T. Estimated risk of transmission of hepatitis C virus by blood transfusion. Vox Sang. 74:1998; 213-216.
2. da Silva Cardoso M, Koerner K, Kubanek B. PCR screening in the routine of blood banking of the German Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service of Baden-Württemberg. Infusion Ther Transfusion Med. 25:1998; 116-120.
3. Cardoso MS, Koerner K, Epple S. Mini-pool testing by the polymerase chain reaction for viral nucleic acids: HCV concentration efforts. Vox Sang. 74:1998; 262.
4. Vrielink H, van der Poel CL, Reesink HW. Transmission of hepatitis C virus by anti-HCV-negative blood transfusion. Vox Sang. 68:1995; 55-56.
5. Bush MP, Rawal BD, Nowicki M, Operskalski EA, Mosley JW. HCV RNA and ALT patterns in seroconverting transfusion recipients, and correlation with donor ALT and RNA. Transfusion. 37:1997; 111S.