Calibration of HCV working reagents for NAT assays against the HCV international standard

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 217-224

  Saldanh, J ^a   Heath, A ^a   Lelie, N ^b   Pisani, G ^c   Nubling M ^d   Yu, M ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

^e CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REAGENT; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CALIBRATION; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS DETECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0033940714     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2000.7840217.x     Document Type: Article

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