title: 'Noise' in microbiological screening assays.
authors.affiliation: Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service Microbiology Reference Unit, Glasgow & West of Scotland Blood Transfusion Service at Law Hospital, Carluke, Lanarkshire, UK.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Dow
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000097:blood; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000592:standards; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology*; D001782:Blood Donors; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000097:blood; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis; D014766:Viremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014773:Virology / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens