Evaluation of blood samples collected by dried blood spots (DBS) method for hepatitis B virus DNA quantitation and its stability under real life conditions
We evaluated the diagnostic performance of dried blood spots (DBS) compared to plasma for detection and quantification of HBV-DNA under real-life conditions. Blood specimens from 100 known cases of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) requested for quantitative HBV-DNA were included. In a subset of 20 patients...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-11-01
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Series: | Journal of Clinical Virology Plus |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667038022000503 |