Evaluation of the use of real-time PCR for human T cell lymphotropic virus 1 and 2 as a confirmatory test in screening for blood donors Análise do uso da PCR em tempo real para HTLV-1 e 2 como teste confirmatório na triagem de doadores de sangue
INTRODUCTION: HTLV-1/2 screening among blood donors commonly utilizes an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (EIA), followed by a confirmatory method such as Western blot (WB) if the EIA is positive. However, this algorithm yields a high rate of inconclusive results, and is expensive. METHODS: Two qua...
Published in: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2010
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822010000200001 https://doaj.org/article/0d8f676457774454baa335ed78d88739 |