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Inclusion of human immunodeficiency virus Type 2 (HIV-2) in a multiplex transcription-mediated amplification assay does not affect detection of HIV-1 and hepatitis B and C virus genotypes: a multicenter performance evaluation study.
Transfusion - 1 Sept 2015
Grabarczyk Piotr, Koppelman Marco, Boland Fiona, Sauleda Silvia, Fabra Cécile, Cambie Giuseppe, Kopacz Aneta, O'Riordan Karen, van Drimmelen Harry, O'Riordan Joan, Lelie Nico
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Ultrio Elite assay (Hologic/Grifols) runs on the Panther blood screening system and is comparable to the Ultrio Plus assay apart from the addition of oligonucleotides for human immunodeficiency virus Type 2 (HIV-2) detection. In this multicenter evaluation study the analytical sensitivity and genotype detection efficiency of the two assay versions were compared. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: The...
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