False-positive nucleic acid test results for human immunodeficiency virus RNA and hepatitis C virus RNA: An underappreciated problem

Transfusion

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 225-226

  Kakaiya, Ram ^a   Gordon, Sharon ^a   Zimmerman, Andrea ^a   Verlinsky, Rita ^a   Ahmed, Syeda ^a   Phillips, Michael ^a  

^a LifeSource Blood Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LETTER; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS;

HEPATITIS C; HIV; HUMANS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 78651374342     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02884.x     Document Type: Letter

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