Research Article
Comparison of Procleix Ultrio Elite and Procleix Ultrio NAT Assays for Screening of Transfusion Transmitted Infections among Blood Donors in India
Table 3
Sensitivity of different nucleic acid testing assays used.
| | Viral marker | 95% detection levels (95% fiducial limits) | | Procleix Ultrio assay [11] | Procleix Ultrio Elite assay [12] | Quantitative PCR (equipment used) |
| | HIV-1 | 20.72 copies/mL | 18.0 IU/mL | NA | | HIV-2 | NA | 10.4 IU/mL | Not tested | | HCV | 2.78 IU/mL | 3.0 IU/mL | 18 IU/mL (Roche Cobas TaqMan Test) [13] | | HBV | 7.46 IU/mL | 4.3 IU/mL | 6.40 IU/mL (Abbott real time PCR m2000) [14] |
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