A European multicenter study on the analytical performance of the VERIS HBV assay.

Journal: Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B viral load monitoring is an essential part of managing patients with chronic Hepatits B infection. Beckman Coulter has developed the VERIS HBV Assay for use on the fully automated Beckman Coulter DxN VERIS Molecular Diagnostics System. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the analytical performance of the VERIS HBV Assay at multiple European virology laboratories.

Authors

  • Patrick Braun
    Laboratory Dr. Knechten, Medical Center for HIV and Hepatitis, Aachen, Germany.
  • Rafael Delgado
    Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre and Insituto de Investigation, Hospital 12 de Octubre (i + 12), Madrid, Spain.
  • Monica Drago
    Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology laboratories, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
  • Diana Fanti
    Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology laboratories, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
  • Hervé Fleury
    Virology Department, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU, Bordeaux, France.
  • Jacques Izopet
    Department of Virology, Federative Institute of Biology, CHU, Toulouse, France.
  • Alessandra Lombardi
    Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Bioemergence Diagnosis, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy.
  • Alessandro Mancon
    Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Bioemergence Diagnosis, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy.
  • Maria Angeles Marcos
    Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Barcelona, Spain.
  • Karine Sauné
    Department of Virology, Federative Institute of Biology, CHU, Toulouse, France.
  • Siobhan O Shea
    Viapath Analytics, Infection Sciences, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
  • Alfredo Pérez-Rivilla
    Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre and Insituto de Investigation, Hospital 12 de Octubre (i + 12), Madrid, Spain.
  • John Ramble
    Viapath Analytics, Infection Sciences, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
  • Pascale Trimoulet
    Virology Department, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU, Bordeaux, France.
  • Jordi Vila
    Department of Clinical Microbiology, Centre de Diagnòstic Biomèdic (CDB), Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Duncan Whittaker
    Laboratory Medicine Building, North Lane, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
  • Alain Artus
    Beckman Coulter, Immunotech, Marseille, France.
  • Daniel Rhodes
    Beckman Coulter, Immunotech, Marseille, France. Electronic address: dwrhodes@beckman.com.