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Arati Mane1, Reshu Agarwal2, Meenu Bajpai3
1Division of Microbiology, ICMR- NARI, Pune, India.
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
|November 24, 2023
Abstract:
The present study aimed to determine diagnostic performance of dried blood spot (DBS) for the detection of Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and Hepatitis C virus antibodies (anti-HCV) using CLIA at 3 different laboratories across India. DBS can serve as a simple and convenient alternative to plasma/serum for HBsAg detection. However for anti-HCV, site-specific validation of the assay is warranted.

