Comparison of NucliSens and amplicor monitor assays for quantification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) rna in plasma of persons with HIV-1 subtype a infection in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2495-2498

  Nkengasong, John N ^a,d   Kalou, Mirielle ^a   Maurice, Chantal ^a   Bile, Celestin ^a   Borget, Marie Yolande ^a   Koblavi, Stéphania ^a   Boateng, Emmanuel ^a   Sassan Morokro, Madeleine ^a   Anatole Ehounou, Ekpini ^a   Ghys, Peter ^a,b   Greenberg, Alan E ^a,c   Wiktor, Stefan Z ^a,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE TREICHVILLE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Project RETRO CI Abidjan   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; RNA ANALYSIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031874570     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.9.2495-2498.1998     Document Type: Article

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