A collaborative study to establish the 3rd WHO International Standard for hepatitis B virus for nucleic acid amplification techniques

Autor: Jacqueline F. Fryer, Alan B. Heath, Dianna E. Wilkinson, Philip D. Minor
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Biologicals : journal of the International Association of Biological Standardization. 46
ISSN: 1095-8320
Popis: Nucleic acid amplification techniques (NAT) are routinely used for clinical diagnostics and monitoring hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, and are implemented on a voluntary basis for blood screening. A collaborative study was performed to evaluate a replacement WHO International Standard for HBV for the standardization of NAT. Two lyophilised HBV candidates were evaluated by 16 laboratories worldwide, alongside the existing HBV International Standard. The overall mean potency estimates for the candidate samples 1 and 2, relative to sample 3 (2nd HBV International Standard), from quantitative assays, were 5.93 and 5.98 log
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