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World J Virol. Sep 25, 2023; 12(4): 233-241
Published online Sep 25, 2023. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v12.i4.233
Performance evaluation of NeuMoDx 96 system for hepatitis B and C viral load
Gagan Chooramani, Jasmine Samal, Nitiksha Rani, Gaurav Singh, Reshu Agarwal, Meenu Bajpai, Manoj Kumar, Manya Prasad, Ekta Gupta
Gagan Chooramani, Jasmine Samal, Nitiksha Rani, Gaurav Singh, Reshu Agarwal, Ekta Gupta, Department of Clinical Virology, Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences, New Delhi 110070, India
Meenu Bajpai, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences, New Delhi 110070, India
Manoj Kumar, Department of Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi 110070, India
Manya Prasad, Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi 110070, India
Author contributions: Chooramani G contributed to the original manuscript draft writing and data curation; Samal J contributed to the data analyses and manuscript writing; Rani N contributed to the validation and data compilation; Singh G contributed to the validation and data compilation; Agarwal R contributed to the manuscript editing; Bajpai M contributed to the manuscript editing; Kumar M contributed to the clinical investigations; Prasad M contributed to the statistical analyses; Gupta E contributed to the conceptualization, supervision, and final manuscript editing; All authors read and approved the manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC)/Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (Approval No. IEC/2023/102/MA06).
Informed consent statement: This was a retrospective study, so patient informed consent was waived.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare having no conflict of interest that pertains to this work.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Ekta Gupta, FRCPath (London), MBBS, MD, Professor, Department of Clinical Virology, Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070, India. ektagaurisha@gmail.com
Received: June 21, 2023
Peer-review started: June 21, 2023
First decision: July 5, 2023
Revised: July 19, 2023
Accepted: August 7, 2023
Article in press: August 7, 2023
Published online: September 25, 2023
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Core Tip

Core Tip: In this study, the clinical performance of the NeuMoDx 96 random access system for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) viral load (VL) quantification was evaluated and compared to the routinely used COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan system. Good concordance was observed between both systems for the HBV and HCV VL assays. Due to its random access (i.e. single sample access) characteristics and shorter turnaround, the NeuMoDx 96 can be considered a faster and effortless molecular testing system.