Performance of ORTHO® HCV core antigen and trak-C™ assays for detection of viraemia in pre-seroconversion plasma and whole blood donors

Reliability of hepatitis C virus core an

Reliability of hepatitis C virus core antigen assay for detection of viremia in HCV genotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4 infected blood donors: A collaborative study between Japan, Egypt, and Uzbekistan

✍ Salah Agha; Yasuhito Tanaka; Niveen Saudy; Fuat Kurbanov; Mostafa Abo-Zeid; Moha 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 265 KB

## Abstract Nucleic acid amplification‐based methods are used for confirmation of viremia in antibody to hepatitis C virus (anti‐HCV)‐positive patients. However, this technology is labor intensive, time consuming, requires complex laboratory conditions, and expensive. The aim of this study was to e