2013-03-05Zeitschriftenartikel
Detection of infections with hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus by analyses of dried blood spots - performance characteristics of the ARCHITECT system and two commercial assays for nucleic acid amplification
Ross, Stefan; Stambouli, Oumaima; Grüner, Nico; Marcus, Ulrich; Cai, Wei; Zhang, Weidong; Zimmermann, Ruth; Roggendorf, Michael
Background: Nowadays, dried blood spots (DBS) are primarily used to obtain diagnostic access to risk collectives such as intravenous drug users, who are prone to infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus ...