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cord-017948-fqhl1qb4	Hu, Yuan	Molecular Techniques for Blood and Blood Product Screening	2012-04-05		.txt	text/plain	7304	372	54	Currently, nucleic acid testing techniques have been developed to screen blood and plasma products for evidence of very recent viral infections that could be missed by conventional serologic tests. Through the application of molecular biology, biological and biochemical analyses have been revolutionized, and nucleic acid, gene-based techniques have been developed to screen blood and plasma donations for evidence of very recent and earlier viral infections that might otherwise be missed by conventional serologic testing. Because NAT detects a virus's genetic material instead of waiting for the body's response, the formation of antibodies, as with many current tests, it offers the opportunity to reduce the window period during which an infecting agent is undetectable by traditional tests [ 19 ] , thus further improving blood safety. Detection of HIV-1 and HCV infections among antibody-negative blood donors by nucleic acid-ampli fi cation testing	./cache/cord-017948-fqhl1qb4.txt	./txt/cord-017948-fqhl1qb4.txt