First case of hepatitis C virus transmission by a red blood cell concentrate after introduction of nucleic acid amplification technique screening in Germany: A comparative study with various assays

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-301

  Kretzschmar, E ^a   Chudy, M ^b   Nubling C M ^b   Ross, R S ^c   Kruse, F ^d   Trobisch, H ^a  

^a Institute for Clinical Haemostaseology   (Germany)

^b PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d Bloodbank Duisburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

HCV genotypes; HCV transmission; HCV window period; NAT blood screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECIPIENT; SCREENING TEST; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD DONORS; DNA, VIRAL; DONOR SELECTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; VIREMIA;

EID: 34247373550     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2007.00903.x     Document Type: Article

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