P.049 Development of diagnostic serological and molecular screening from dried blood spots for HCV, HIV, HBV and syphilis

Serological and molecular screening for

Serological and molecular screening for viruses in blood donors from Ntcheu, Malawi: High prevalence of HIV-1 subtype C and of markers of hepatitis B and C viruses

✍ D. Candotti; C. Mundy; G. Kadewele; W. Nkhoma; I. Bates; J.-P. Allain 📂 Article 📅 2001 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 108 KB

The prevalence of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human T lymphotropic virus I (HTLV-I), and hepatitis B (HBV) surface antigen (HBsAg) was determined in blood donors from Ntcheu, Malawi. Each donation was also screened for HIV-1 RNA and HCV RNA. Am