Current concepts in molecular testing

Anke Edelmann, Ulrich Kalus, Anke Oltmann, Angela Stein, Anett Unbehaun, Christian Drosten, Detlev H. Krüger, Jörg Hofmann, Improvement of an ultrasensitive human immunodeficiency virus Type 1 real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction targeting the long terminal repeat region Transfusion. ,vol. 50, pp. 685- 692 ,(2009) , 10.1111/J.1537-2995.2009.02477.X

Shimian Zou, Kerri A. Dorsey, Edward P. Notari, Gregory A. Foster, David E. Krysztof, Fatemeh Musavi, Roger Y. Dodd, Susan L. Stramer, Prevalence, incidence, and residual risk of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus infections among United States blood donors since the introduction of nucleic acid testing Transfusion. ,vol. 50, pp. 1495- 1504 ,(2010) , 10.1111/J.1537-2995.2010.02622.X

Ineke G.H. Rood, Annika Pettersson, Paul H.M. Savelkoul, Dirk De Korte, Development of a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay for eubacterial RNA detection in platelet concentrates Transfusion. ,vol. 50, pp. 1352- 1358 ,(2010) , 10.1111/J.1537-2995.2009.02580.X

M. Piron, Relevance of parasite infections outside South and Central America: Chagas disease and malaria Isbt Science Series. ,vol. 5, pp. 213- 218 ,(2010) , 10.1111/J.1751-2824.2010.01420.X

A. Assal, P. Gallian, C. Corbi, P. Morel, B. David, P. De Micco, H. Murokawa, H. Yugi, S. Hino, K. Tadokoro, Ø. Flesland, E. Brojer, M. Łȩtowska, G. Olim, F. Nascimento, H. Gonçalves, L. Castro, M. Morais, S. L. Stezinar, M. Alvarez, S. Sauleda, R. González, C. Niederhauser, M. Stolz, J.-P. Allain, S. Owusu-Ofori, R. Eglin, S. Stramer, M. Busch, D. M. Strong, J. Epstein, R. Biswas, H. W. Reesink, C. P. Engelfriet, G. Henn, W. R. Mayr, G. Delage, F. Bernier, T. Krusius, Occult hepatitis B infection in blood donors Vox Sanguinis. ,vol. 94, pp. 153- 166 ,(2008) , 10.1111/J.1423-0410.2008.01017.X

Barbara Foglieni, Daniel Candotti, Irene Guarnori, Livia Raffaele, Alessandra Berzuini, Marta Spreafico, Anna Orani, Roberto Rossotti, Davide Rossi, Jean-Pierre Allain, Daniele Prati, A cluster of human immunodeficiency virus Type 1 recombinant form escaping detection by commercial genomic amplification assays Transfusion. ,vol. 51, pp. 719- 730 ,(2011) , 10.1111/J.1537-2995.2010.02942.X

S. V. Basavaraju, J. Mwangi, J. Nyamongo, C. Zeh, D. Kimani, R. W. Shiraishi, R. Madoda, J. A. Okonji, W. Sugut, S. Ongwae, J. P. Pitman, L. H. Marum, Reduced risk of transfusion-transmitted HIV in Kenya through centrally co-ordinated blood centres, stringent donor selection and effective p24 antigen-HIV antibody screening. Vox Sanguinis. ,vol. 99, pp. 212- 219 ,(2010) , 10.1111/J.1423-0410.2010.01340.X

Sepideh Akhavan, Christophe Ronsin, Syria Laperche, Vincent Thibault, Genotype 4 hepatitis C virus: Beware of false-negative RNA detection† Hepatology. ,vol. 53, pp. 1066- 1067 ,(2011) , 10.1002/HEP.23975

Michael P Busch, Should HBV DNA NAT replace HBsAg and/or anti-HBc screening of blood donors? Transfusion Clinique Et Biologique. ,vol. 11, pp. 26- 32 ,(2004) , 10.1016/J.TRACLI.2003.12.003

Chantal Fournier-Wirth, Joliette Coste, Nanotechnologies for pathogen detection: Future alternatives? Biologicals. ,vol. 38, pp. 9- 13 ,(2010) , 10.1016/J.BIOLOGICALS.2009.10.010