Ultrio and Ultrio Plus non-discriminating reactives: False reactives or not?

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-11

  Charlewood, R ^a   Flanagan, P ^a  

^a New Zealand Blood Service   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

False reactive; Hepatitis B; Nucleic acid testing; Occult; Ultrio; Ultrio Plus

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

BLOOD; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DNA, VIRAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84871270336     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2012.01624.x     Document Type: Article

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