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ajlm-269	Naidoo, Anneta; Parboosing, Raveen; Moodley, Pravi	Real-time polymerase chain reaction optimised for hepatitis C virus detection in dried blood spots from HIV-exposed infants, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	2016		.htm	text/html	4913	257	51	The HCV Quantitative PCR proficiency panel (QCMD, Glasgow, Scotland) was prepared in five-fold dilutions as an external quality control standard to calculate the lower limit of detection of the optimised HCV RNA PCR assay. The use of DBS specimens for HCV PCR has several advantages.11,34,35 Firstly, they are easier to collect than whole blood and present a lower infectious hazard.	cache/ajlm-269.htm	txt/ajlm-269.txt