TnBP⁄Triton X-45 treatment of plasma for transfusion efficiently inactivates hepatitis C virus.

Risk of transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) by clinical plasma remains high in countries with a high prevalence of hepatitis C, justifying the implementation of viral inactivation treatments. In this study, we assessed the extent of inactivation of HCV during minipool solvent/detergent (SD; 1% T...

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Main Authors: Ming-Li Chou, Thierry Burnouf, Shun-Pang Chang, Ting-Chun Hung, Chun-Ching Lin, Christopher D Richardson, Liang-Tzung Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4320006?pdf=render