Subtype-specific problems with quantification of plasma HIV-1 RNA

AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 859-865

  Alaeus, Annette ^a   Lidman, Knut ^a   Sönnerborg, Anders ^b   Albert, Jan ^c  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Genetic subtype; HIV monitor; Nucleic acid sequence based amplification; Plasma RNA level; Polymerase chain reaction; Quantification; Viral load

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; ENVELOPE GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RNA ANALYSIS;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; EVALUATION STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0030999422     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199707000-00004     Document Type: Article

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