Nucleic Acid Tests Are Used to Screen For

question 5

Multiple Choice

Nucleic acid tests are used to screen for:

• A) hepatitis C virus, West Nile virus, and HIV.
• B) Chagas disease, malaria, and syphilis.
• C) hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and HIV.
• D) human T-cell lymphotropic virus-I/human T-cell lymphotropic virus-II, HIV-1/HIV-2, and hepatitis C virus.

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