NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TESTING (NAT)
Individual Donor Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing for Detection of West Nile Virus
... The nucleic acid amplification test (NAT) for WNV RNA in donated blood was implemented in June/July 2003 under an Investigational New Drug exemption issued by the FDA to two ...manufacturers. ...
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Screening of blood donors by ELISA & Nucleic acid amplification testing along with notification to TTI reactive cases – A comprehensive measure for blood safety
... Transfusion safety begins with donation of blood from healthy donors. The important part of preventing TTI is to notify and counsel reactive donors. Donor notification and counseling protect the health of the donor, ...
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Use of Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing for Diagnosis of Extragenital Sexually Transmitted Infections
... ABSTRACT Nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) is the preferred method to de- tect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, but no commercial tests are cleared by the ...
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Calibration of BK Virus Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing to the 1st WHO International Standard for BK Virus
... To aid the interpretation of historical results obtained on the VP1 BKV assay, we determined the conversion factor to IU by testing the secondary standard in triplicate on four separate days on the VP1 BKV assay. ...
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Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing: Our Evaluation Suggests that CDC Recommended Approaches for Confirmatory Testing Are Ill Advised
... beyond testing for Chla- mydia trachomatis, or for that matter, Neisseria gonorrhoeae (for which we had a similar experience with confirmatory test- ing with AC2 and SDA, but not with ...repeat testing of ...
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Treponema pallidum Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing To Augment Syphilis Screening among Men Who Have Sex with Men
... serological testing for syphilis would justify the cost. The testing we performed on remnant specimens demonstrates that it would be relatively simple to integrate such testing into existing ...
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Original Article Screening blood donors by nucleic acid amplification technology in Turkey
... Discussion In our country, after a thorough history and physical examination, blood donors currently are screened for HBV, HCV and HIV infections, with determining of HBsAg, anti-HCV and anti- HIV parameters. Since 2014, ...
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Nuclease Resistant Single Stranded DNA Controls for Nucleic Acid Amplification Assays
... nrssDNA-B19V-PC growth curves resemble those of native virus. A basic PC function is to monitor test process validity. If results are to be reliable, PC constructs must mimic the prop- erties of target native virus. ...
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Design and Validation of Transcription Mediated Amplification Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Mycoplasma genitalium
... a Hologic Inc., San Diego, California, USA b Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA ABSTRACT Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually ...
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Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Amplification (Nasba)-Prospects And Applications
... L-115 amplification and electrophoresis onto microchips could lead to NASBA on Chips for quick and accurate identification of disease producing genes at the patient’s bed ...genetic testing devices that ...
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Colorimetric Nucleic Acid Testing Assay for RNA Virus Detection Based on Circle to Circle Amplification of Padlock Probes
... non-PCR-based nucleic acid detec- tion assay applying padlock probe and C2CA for the detection of ...isothermal amplification strategy and simple colorimetric readout together make the assay ...
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Evaluation of CDC Recommended Approaches for Confirmatory Testing of Positive Neisseria gonorrhoeae Nucleic Acid Amplification Test Results
... [GC])-positive nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) results: (i) repeating the original test on the original specimen, (ii) testing the original specimen with a different test, and (iii) ...
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Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Oropharyngeal Infections
... Patients recruited from each HIV clinic were advised to contact study staff within 5 days of testing to check on the test results. Patients enrolled from the JCDH STD Clinic were advised to contact the health ...
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Towards Improved Accuracy of Bordetella pertussis Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests
... two-tiered testing algorithm to confirm positives, implementing an indetermi- nate range for assays that target multiple-copy insertion sequences, segregation of “clean” and “dirty” areas both in patient clinics ...
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Nucleic Acid Amplification Assays for Detection of La Crosse Virus RNA
... of nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA) and quantitative real-time reverse transcription (RT)-PCR assays for the detection of La Crosse (LAC) virus in field-collected vector mosquito ...
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Nucleic acid detection techniques for adventitious agent testing
... robust amplification method is determined, all routine samples that are tested in CVB should be tested with the NGS protocol in order to start building a larger pool of data to make regulatory decisions about the ...
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Genitourinary Pathogen Nucleic Acid Detection Panel Testing
... BD MAX vaginal panel is capable of detecting several Candida species and T. vaginalis in addition to diagnosing bacterial vaginosis via a proprietary algorithm which performs a quantitative assessment of G. vaginalis, ...
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Clinical evaluation of commercial nucleic acid amplification tests in patients with suspected sepsis
... During a limited period of the prospective study, from February to April 2012, NAATs were performed as part of routine patient care in addition to blood culture in all patients >18 years admitted to the emergency depart- ...
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Multiplex Nucleic Acid Amplification Test for Diagnosis of Dengue Fever, Malaria, and Leptospirosis
... specific amplification of sequences found in patient samples or the contamination of laboratory ...nonspecific amplification in the Leptospira assay during the ana- lytical evaluation of the UFI assay or ...
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Clinical and economic impact of the introduction of a nucleic acid amplification assay for Clostridium difficile
... real-world testing environment at a time when the prevalence and mor- bidity and mortality due to CDI are increasing, and a thorough evaluation of both the clinical and economic impacts of a diagnostic assay shift ...
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