NCIt definition : Any of various amplification and detection strategies applied to detection of virus
contamination in donor blood. Specifically designed to detect recently infected individuals
during the latency period before seroconversion.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any of a number of molecular biological techniques that are used to copy nucleic
acid sequences within a specimen, leading to an increase in the number of copies of
that sequence of interest. These techniques may be used for detection of a particular
gene or microorganism of interest.;