However, the exact rate of false-positive results varies greatly. Moreover, there is no satisfactory explanation for the potential factors that might be responsible for those sera that test positive for HCV ant
Furthermore, acquisition of hepatitis C infection is rare in children and pediatric cardiac transplant providers should be aware of the possibility of false positive HCV antibody tests in this clinical scenario and the importance of confirmatory testing with quantitative PCR if concerned....
reactions. Subjects with false-positive tests for syphilis appeared to be more prone to blood coagulation disorders than syphilis patients, and these autoantibodies may impact the intrinsic coagulation cascade in cases of false-positive reactions, similar to presumed antiphospholipid antibody syndrome ...
Specimens were heated at 56 degrees C or 62 degrees C to analyze the mechanisms of false positive reactions in the Ortho enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of antibody to hepatitis C virus (HCV). The highest corr... H Yoshida,H Ishikawa,S Honda,... - 《Fukushima...
false‐positive hepatitis C virus serologyorthotopic heart transplantsensitizationpanel reactive antibodiesBackground Ventricular assist devices (VADs) have been associated with immune activation and sensitization. We observed several cases of false-positive (FP) hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody (Ab) tests...
along with an alternative antibody test (Standard Q HCV Ab test; SD Biosensor, Korea) and an HCV core antigen (HCV cAg) test (Architect HCV Ag; Abbott GmbH, Germany) in order to propose a blood donor screening algorithm containing supplemental testing using screened reactive HCV samples ( I...
METHODS. All military blood donors between 2017-2023 at the Armed Service Blood Bank Center-San Antonio were screened for HCV by both antibody tests and nucleic acid tests, with positive antibody screening tests confirmed with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Donors who screened ...
However, populations with low HCV prevalence may sometimes be recommended for HCV screening, for instance patients or healthcare workers after a possible healthcare-related exposure. Objectives We determined the percentage of true vs false-positive HCV antibody (anti-HCV) test results among 2007–...
False-positive HIV screening test in a patient with pulmonary embolism because of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection 2021, AIDSRetrospective study of the seroprevalence of hiv, hcv, and hbv in blood donors at a blood bank of western Mexico 2021, PathogensThe...
positivereactionAmong 39, 656 voluntary blood donors in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, 115 (0.29%) were repeatedly reactive for antibody to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) by second generation (2nd-gen) passive hemagglutination assay (PHA). Positive serum samples were tested for anti-HCV using three ...