Blood Specimen Collection

Virology
Effects of Storage and Type of Blood Collection Tubes on Hepatitis C Virus Level in Whole Blood Samples
Harald H. Kessler, Evelyn Stelzl, Reinhard B. Raggam, Josef Haas, Franz Kirchmeir, Karin Hegenbarth, Elisabeth Daghofer, Brigitte I. Santner, Egon Marth, Rudolf E. Stauber
Parasitology
Comparison of IsoCode STIX and FTA Gene Guard Collection Matrices as Whole-Blood Storage and Processing Devices for Diagnosis of Malaria by PCR
Kathleen J. Y. Zhong, Carola J. Salas, Robyn Shafer, Alex Gubanov, Robert A. Gasser, Alan J. Magill, J. Russ Forney, Kevin C. Kain
Virology
Simple, Sensitive, and Specific Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Subtype B DNA in Dried Blood Samples for Diagnosis in Infants in the Field
Ingrid A. Beck, Kathryn D. Drennan, Ann J. Melvin, Kathey M. Mohan, Arnd M. Herz, Jorge Alarcón, Julia Piscoya, Carlos Velázquez, Lisa M. Frenkel
Virology
Use of Plastic Vacutainer Tubes for Quantification of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Blood Specimens
Marie L. Landry, Robin Garner, David Ferguson
Virology
Can Pooling Be Used for Seroprevalence Studies of Hepatitis C?
G. M. Stephens, J. M. Raboud, L. Karakas, C. H. Sherlock
Virology
False-Positive Results of Plasma PCR for Cytomegalovirus DNA due to Delayed Sample Preparation
Peter Schäfer, Werner Tenschert, Matthias Schröter, Kai Gutensohn, Rainer Laufs
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Investigation of Effects of Acid Citrate Dextrose and EDTA on Ability To Quantitatively Culture Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Cheryl Jennings, James W. Bremer, Donald J. Brambilla
Virology
Rapid Method for Screening Dried Blood Samples on Filter Paper for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 DNA
Dana DeVange Panteleeff, Grace John, Ruth Nduati, Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha, Barbra Richardson, Joan Kreiss, Julie Overbaugh
Virology
Hepatitis C Virus RNA in Dried Serum Spotted onto Filter Paper Is Stable at Room Temperature
Kenji Abe, Nami Konomi
Virology
Optimization of Specimen-Handling Procedures for Accurate Quantitation of Levels of Human Immunodeficiency Virus RNA in Plasma by Reverse Transcriptase PCR
Ruth E. Dickover, Steven A. Herman, Khaliq Saddiq, Deborah Wafer, Maryanne Dillon, Yvonne J. Bryson

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