title: [Analytical study of the Abbott and Ortho tests for screening and confirmation of anti-HCV antibodies. Le groupe de Travail "Hépatites virales" de la Société Française de Transfusion Sanguine].
abstract: Anti-HCV systematic screening on blood donation was mandatory in France since first of March 1991. Two laboratories (Ortho-Chiron and Abbott) have introduced in Europe successively two kinds of hepatitis C positive diagnosis with 1st and 2nd generation ELISA screening and confirmatory assays. The aim of this multicentric study was to evaluated the sensibility and specificity of these tests. For that, they used 10,090 blood sera. As a result we have seen that the new "second generation" screening assays have a higher sensitivity without less of specificity for the confirmatory tests.
authors.affiliation: CRTSH Nancy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Janot
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Couroucé
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boudart
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cotte
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Elghouzzi
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Jullien
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lemaire
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maisonneuve
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maniez-Montreuil
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mattlinger
mesh_terms: D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D001782:Blood Donors; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods*; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000276:immunology*; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic