Analytik Jena AG, provider of analytical, bioanalytical and optical systems for industrial and scientific applications, created the world's first kit with CE-IVD certification for the molecular diagnostic quantification of hepatitis delta virus, according to The Scientist.
Here are five key takeaways:
1. Analytik Jena AG has years of experience in creating in vitro diagnostic assays such as diagnostics for hepatitis B and C.
2. The company's kit is a major innovation in the standardization of HDV nucleic acid amplification test.
3. Hepatitis D often leads to chronic cirrhosis of the liver in cases of superinfection, making the kit an important tool for detecting the virus.
4. The virus mainly occurs in the Mediterranean area, the Middle East, South and Central Asia, West Africa and the Amazon region of South America.
5. The company is currently working to adapt the kit to Analytik Jena’s current automation platforms.
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