Evaluation of an automated nucleic acid extractor for hepatitis C virus load quantification.
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.
Martró
Elisa
E
Microbiology Service, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.
García-Sierra
Nerea
N
González
Victoria
V
Saludes
Verónica
V
Matas
Lurdes
L
Ausina
Vicenç
V
D001331:Automation; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D044967:Serum / Q000821:virology*; D019562:Viral Load / Q000379:methods*
D012367:RNA, Viral