Blinded, multicenter quality control study for the quantification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in plasma by the Belgian AIDS reference laboratories

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 213-217

  Muyldermans, G ^a,k   Debaisieux, L ^b   Fransen, K ^c   Marissens, D ^d   Miller, K ^e   Vaira, D ^f   Vandamme, A M ^g   Vandenbroucke, A T ^h   Verhofstede, C ⁱ   Schuurman, R ^j   Zissisand, G ^d   Lauwers, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

ⁱ GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^j Utrecht Molecular Reference Center   (Netherlands)

^k VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

HIV 1; Quality control; Viral load

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0034174698     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2000.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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