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Dried-plasma transport using a novel matrix and collection system for human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus virologic testing.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2009
Lloyd R M, Burns D A, Huong J T, Mathis R L, Winters M A, Tanner M, De La Rosa A, Yen-Lieberman B, Armstrong W, Taege A, McClernon D R, Wetshtein J L, Friedrich Brian M, Ferguson Monique R, O'Brien William, Feorino P M, Holodniy M
Abstract excerpt
A novel method for the collection and transportation of dried-blood-plasma samples, SampleTanker (ST), was developed and compared to standard shipping protocols for frozen-plasma specimens containing human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV). Matched frozen and dried 1-ml EDTA-containing plasma samples were collected and analyzed by several molecular-based virologic assays. After...
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