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Clinical evaluation of an HIV-1 and HCV assay and demonstration of significant reduction of the HCV detection window before seroconversion.
Transfusion - 1 Jan 2004
Katsoulidou Antigoni S, Moschidis Zissis M, Gialeraki Renia E, Paraskevis Dimitrios N, Sypsa Vana A, Lazanas Marios C, Tassopoulos Nicholaos C, Psichogiou Mina A, Boletis John N, Karafoulidou Anastasia S, Hatzakis Angelos E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: One HIV-1 and HCV assay simultaneously detects HIV-1 and HCV RNA (Procleix, Chiron Corp.). The main intended use of the assay is the testing of blood and blood products in blood banking. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: To evaluate the clinical sensitivity of the assay, 164 anti-HIV-1+ and 160 anti-HCV+ patients of different viral load were tested. The assay specificity was determined in 1000 HIV-1- and...
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