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Title
Collaborative study to evaluate a working reagent for West Nile virus RNA detection by nucleic acid testing.
Authors
Saldanha, John; Shead, Susan; Heath, Alan; Drebot, Michael; West Nile Virus Collaborative Study Group
Abstract
A nucleic acid test (NAT) assay reference reagent for West Nile virus (WNV) RNA, consisting of heat-inactivated WNV grown in tissue culture and diluted in pooled, negative human plasma, was evaluated and quantitated in a collaborative study in which 14 laboratories participated.