Routine nucleic acid testing of blood donations fails to detect all human immunodeficiency virus-positive blood donors

Transfusion. 2016 Apr;56(4):994-5. doi: 10.1111/trf.13540.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Blood Donors*
  • Blood Safety
  • DNA, Viral / isolation & purification*
  • Diagnostic Tests, Routine / methods*
  • Diagnostic Tests, Routine / standards
  • Diagnostic Tests, Routine / trends
  • False Negative Reactions
  • Female
  • HIV Seropositivity / blood*
  • HIV Seropositivity / diagnosis
  • HIV Seropositivity / epidemiology
  • HIV Seropositivity / virology
  • HIV-1 / genetics*
  • HIV-1 / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / methods*
  • Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / standards

Substances

  • DNA, Viral