Open AccessEvaluation of an Automated Nucleic Acid Extractor for Hepatitis C Virus Load Quantification
Author(s) -
Elisa Martró,
Nerea García-Sierra,
Victoria González,
Verónica Saludes,
Lurdes Matas,
V. Ausina
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.02181-08
Subject(s) - nucleic acid , extractor , hepatitis c virus , virology , viral load , hepatitis c , hepacivirus , virus , hepatitis a virus , flaviviridae , biology , computer science , computational biology , biochemistry , engineering , process engineering
The increasing use of molecular methods strongly motivates clinical laboratories to introduce automated nucleic acid extractors. We compared the easyMAG (bioMérieux) with a manual extraction method for hepatitis C virus (HCV) load quantification (RealTime HCV; Abbott). Both methods were comparable, and, therefore, the easyMAG is suitable to be implemented in our laboratory for the management of HCV-infected patients.