Evaluation of two automated real-time PCR-based quantification methods for whole blood Epstein-Barr viral load

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Quantification of EBV DNA is important in transplantation settings for the diagnosis of post-transplantation. We evaluated the performance of the AltoStar® EBV PCR Kit 1.5 on whole blood specimens: limit of detection, linearity, accuracy, and precision were determined using the WHO NIBSC 09/260 international standard. Results of 69 clinical samples were compared between the AltoStar® EBV PCR Kit 1.5 (altona Diagnostics) and the RealTime EBV assay (Abbott). The LoD of the AltoStar® Kit was 148 IU/mL and linearity was between 375 and 500000. A high concordance was found between nominal value of the NIBSC dilutions and the AltoStar EBV result. The total variation ranged from 2.2% to 9.6%. Out of 69 clinical samples tested, there was a high concordance between the 22 paired results within the overlapping linear ranges of both tests. The AltoStar® EBV assay is reliable and accurate for EBV viral load determination on whole blood samples.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:108

Enthalten in:

Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 108(2024), 2 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 116101

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vancutsem, Ellen [VerfasserIn]
Crombé, Florence [VerfasserIn]
Soetens, Oriane [VerfasserIn]
Wautier, Magali [VerfasserIn]
Dördelmann, Corinna [VerfasserIn]
Piérard, Denis [VerfasserIn]
Wybo, Ingrid [VerfasserIn]
Demuyser, Thomas [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AltoStar®
DNA, Viral
Epstein-Barr Virus
Journal Article
M2000
Viral load
Whole blood

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Date Completed 22.01.2024

Date Revised 22.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2023.116101

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365075566