Simple Detection of Hepatitis B Virus in Using Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method
Abstract
US Military and civilian personnel regularly deploy to regions that are endemic for the Hepatitis B virus (HBV), including the Western Pacific, Africa, Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, and Europe. When patients have life-threatening injuries that require any blood component that is not immediately available, they are typically transfused with locally collected fresh whole blood from a walking blood bank. Currently, there is no simple and easy method for sensitively screening fresh blood in deployed theaters of conflict.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 23, 2019
- Source ID
- 10.1093/milmed/usy421
Entities
People
- Hua-wei Chen
- Tatyana Belinskaya
- Wei-mei Ching
- Zhiwen Zhang
Organizations
- Naval Medical Research Center
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- United States Army Medical Research and Development Command