Comparison of three commercial assays for the quantification of HIV-1 RNA in plasma from individuals infected with different HIV-1 subtypes

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-94

  Chew, Choo Beng ^a   Herring, Belinda L ^a   Zheng, Frank ^a   Browne, Christine ^a   Saksena, Nitin K ^a   Cunningham, Anthony L ^a   Dwyer, Dominic E ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

HIV 1; Subtypes; Viral load

Indexed keywords

DNA; HETERODUPLEX; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS LOAD;

DNA, VIRAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0033213052     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(99)00053-0     Document Type: Article

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