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November
10 - 13, 2007
Melia Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam
10 - 13, 2007
Melia Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam
Satellite symposia
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11
| 12.00 - 14.00 | Thang Long Ballroom |
| Satellite symposium organised by Chiron, a Novatis Company | |
| SS1 Individual NAT Testing in Asia Pacific – How best to maximize safety? | |
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12
| 12.00 - 14.00 | Thang Long Ballroom |
| Satellite symposium organised by Roche Molecular Systems Inc. | |
| SS2 HBV NAT Testing in an Endemic Region: Approaching a Rational Algorithm | |
| This symposium will focus on the problems of testing blood donors for HBV in South East Asia, an endemic region for HBV. Serology testing for HBV, especially occult and chronic infections, is difficult due to the problems associated with anti-HBc testing in such regions which would result in an unacceptable loss of donors. An alternative is to use NAT testing, but the high sensitivity of current tests requires specific testing algorithms to overcome the problems of nonspecific or false positive test results. Testing algorithms which interdict infectious donations without loss of specificity will be discussed. | |
| 12.00 - 14.00 | Function Room 6/7 |
| Satellite symposium organised by Baxter Health Care (Asia) | |
| SS3 Satellite Baxter Health Care | |
| Lunch included. | |