Quantitation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in cell free seminal plasma: Comparison of NASBA® with Amplico® reverse transcription-PCR amplification and correlation with quantitative culture

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-170

  Dyer, John R ^a   Gilliam, Bruce L ^a   Eron Jr , Joseph J ^a   Grosso, Lynell ^b   Cohen, Myron S ^a,b   Fiscus, Susan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV 1 quantitative microculture; HIV 1 RNA; NASBA; Quantitative PCR; Semen; Sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINAL PLASMA; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS CULTURE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0030199756     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(96)02063-0     Document Type: Article

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