1. Evaluation of an automated platform for the detection of HEV RNA in plasma and stool.
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Sottil P, Lhomme S, Saune K, El Hayani S, Oliveira-Mendes K, Peron JM, Kamar N, Izopet J, and Abravanel F
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- Humans, Sensitivity and Specificity, Plasma virology, Molecular Diagnostic Techniques methods, Feces virology, RNA, Viral isolation & purification, RNA, Viral blood, RNA, Viral analysis, RNA, Viral genetics, Hepatitis E virus isolation & purification, Hepatitis E virus genetics, Hepatitis E diagnosis, Hepatitis E virology, Hepatitis E blood, Automation, Laboratory
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Introduction: We evaluated the performance of the automated Altostar HEV RNA platform for detecting HEV RNA., Methods and Results: Clinical performance was determined by testing 81 plasma samples and 10 fecal samples manually quantified previously with the Realstar RT-PCR assay using the Magnapure instrument for extraction. The assays were concordant for 79/81 plasma samples (97.5%) and 10/10 (100%) fecal samples. The two plasma samples that tested negative with the Altostar assay had a very low HEV RNA concentration (1.6 and 1.4 log
10 IU/ml). Quantitative results obtained with the automated platform and the manual workflow were highly correlated (ρ= 0.98, p<0.01). The intra-run and inter-run standard deviation were 0.09 IU/ml and 0.13 IU/ml respectively. The assay was linear from 2 to 6 log IU/ml. The limit of detection determined by Probit analysis with the WHO HEV RNA standard was 7.6 [95% CI: 4.4-52.5] IU/ml., Conclusions: The Altostar platform enables highly accurate testing for the detection of HEV RNA in stool and the quantification of HEV RNA in plasma. This allowed us to shorten turnaround times and to save time for the technical staff., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.) more...- Published
- 2024
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