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ArticleEuroasian journal of hepato-gastroenterology

Cross-validation Studies of a Novel Low-cost Hepatitis B Virus Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction System.

Jorge Aguiar, José A Silva, Gerardo García, Gerardo Guillén, Julio C Aguilar

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Article in Euroasian journal of hepato-gastroenterology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Jorge AguiarDepartment of Therapeutic Vaccine against Hepatitis B, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), Havana, Cuba.
José A SilvaDepartment of Oligonucleotide Synthesis, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), Havana, Cuba.
Gerardo GarcíaDepartment of Quality Control, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), Havana, Cuba.
Gerardo GuillénDepartment of Therapeutic Vaccine against Hepatitis B, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), Havana, Cuba.
Julio C AguilarDepartment of Therapeutic Vaccine against Hepatitis B, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), Havana, Cuba.

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aimThis research focused on the results of the cross-validation program related with the performance of a Cuban novel low-cost real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay for hepatitis B virus (HBV) quantification developed by the Therapeutic Vaccine against Hepatitis B Department, Vaccines Division, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), Havana, Cuba. MATERIALS AND

methodsDilution series with the plasmid standard at concentrations of 900,000 to 0.09 copies/reaction (c/r) were made for each PCR instrument. The mean cycles threshold (Ct) values and PCR efficiency were compared among the cyclers. Hepatitis B virus-positive serum samples were used for the calculation of reproducibility of the HBV assay. Biotecon Diagnostics (BCD) also ordered the oligo sequences from a second supplier and compared the PCR performance to those provided from the CIGB.

resultsAll PCR cyclers were able to detect concentrations up to 0.09 c/r. However, below the concentration of 9 c/r, the variation of results increased within and between the cyclers. The PCR efficiency showed satisfying results. The overall coefficient of variation (CV) cycler values were 1.29 and 0.91% for M6 and M19 respectively. No significance was observed between the different primer suppliers.

conclusionThe HBV assay was performed with a good concordance between the five real-time instruments from different suppliers. The HBV assay was also performed with a high reproducibility for samples with a high and a low viral load. The HBV assay is robust against different primer suppliers.

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Crossing pointCycles thresholdHepatitis B virusLaboratory researchPlasmidPrimerQuantitative polymerase chain reaction.

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PMID29963459
PMCPMC6024048

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