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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2002, p. 3476-3477, Vol. 40, No. 9
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.9.3476-3477.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Labor and Cost Requirements of Two Commercial Assays for Qualitative Molecular Detection of Hepatitis C Virus

Iris Schrijver1 and Ellen Jo Baron1,2*

Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine,1 Clinical Microbiology and Virology Laboratory, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, California2

Received 20 March 2002/ Returned for modification 9 May 2002/ Accepted 27 June 2002

The Bayer transcription-mediated amplification (TMA) and the Roche PCR Amplicor version 2.0 molecular assays for the qualitative detection of hepatitis C virus were compared for cost, hands-on time, assay duration, and complexity. The TMA assay compares well to PCR and may be especially useful for laboratories with large numbers of test requests.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Stanford University Hospital, Rm. H1537-J, MC 5629, 300 Pasteur Dr., Stanford, CA 94305-5250. Phone: (650) 725-3773. Fax: (650) 725-5671. E-mail: ejbaron{at}stanford.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2002, p. 3476-3477, Vol. 40, No. 9
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.9.3476-3477.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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