Highly sensitive methods for quantitation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA from plasma, cells, and tissues

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1260-1264

  Fischer, Marek ^a   Huber, Werner ^a,b   Kallivroussis, Alex ^a   Ott, Peter ^a   Opravil, Milos ^a   Lüthy, Ruedi ^a,c   Weber, Rainer ^a   Cone, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Berna Biotech AG   (Switzerland)

^c Swiss Serum and Vacc Institute Bern ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; RITONAVIR; VIRUS RNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TITRATION;

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

EID: 0032928123     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1260-1264.1999     Document Type: Article

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