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Hepatitis C virus RNA in blood donor sera detected by the polymerase chain reaction: comparison with supplementary hepatitis C antibody assays
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- Widell, Anders (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Klinisk mikrobiologi, Malmö,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Clinical Microbiology, Malmö,Lund University Research Groups
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- Månsson, Ann-Sofie (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Klinisk mikrobiologi, Malmö,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Clinical Microbiology, Malmö,Lund University Research Groups
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Sundstrom, Gunnar (författare)
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- Hansson, Bengt-Göran (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Klinisk mikrobiologi, Malmö,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Clinical Microbiology, Malmö,Lund University Research Groups
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Nordenfelt, Erik (författare)
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- Wiley, 1991
- 1991
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Journal of Medical Virology. - : Wiley. - 1096-9071 .- 0146-6615. ; 35:4, s. 253-258
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Abstract
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- The low specificity of screening ELISAs for antibodies to hepatitis C virus in blood donors has called for confirmatory tests. Two types of supplementary antibody assays are available, recombinant immunoblot assays (RIBA-1 and RIBA-2) and an antibody consumption test referred to as a neutralization assay. Amplification of viral nucleic acid by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) provides an antibody independent mode of detecting viral infection. We applied reverse transcription-double PCR to detect an HCV 5'-noncoding viral RNA sequence in serum specimens and compared PCR findings with confirmatory antibody tests. This study includes sera from 37 blood donors found positive by the Ortho anti-HCV (C100-3) ELISA out of 14,591 donations. Of the 37 positive sera, 8 were positive by RIBA-1 and 1 further by RIBA-2. Seven of the RIBA positive sera contained HCV RNA by PCR. Among the 8 indeterminate and the 21 negative donor sera by RIBA-I, no PCR positive serum was found. The 37 anti-HCV positive donor sera identified by Ortho ELISA were also tested by Abbott anti-HCV (C100-3) ELISA whereby 22 were positive. Of these 22 sera plus 1 further with ELISA OD just below cutoff, 8 were positive by the neutralization assay, (Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, IL, USA) and 6 of these, including the borderline serum, were PCR positive. One of the two neutralizable but PCR negative sera was RIBA positive and the other was indeterminate. However, one ELIS. A (Abbott Laboratories) positive (OD 1.99) serum was not neutralizable but nevertheless contained HCV RNA by PCR. Thus in blood donor sera, anti-HCV (C100-3) reactivity confirmed by RIBA or neutralization correlated well with the presence of HCV RNA.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Mikrobiologi inom det medicinska området (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Microbiology in the medical area (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- hepatitis C PCR
- HCV viremia
- HCV test specificity
- blood donor testing
- enzymatic gene amplification
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