Multicenter evaluation of the Bayer VERSANT™ HIV-1 RNA 3.0 assay: Analytical and clinical performance

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 205-216

  Gleaves, Curt A ^a   Welle, John ^a   Campbell, Mary ^a   Elbeik, Tarek ^b   Ng, Valerie ^b   Taylor, Patricia E ^c   Kuramoto, Ken ^d   Aceituno, Sherri ^d   Lewalski, Eva ^d   Joppa, Barbara ^e   Sawyer, Lynette ^e   Schaper, Carl ^e   McNairn, Denise ^f   Quinn, Thomas ^f  

^a PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^d Center for Blood Research   (United States)

^e BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RNA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAWING; VIRUS LOAD;

BRANCHED DNA SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION ASSAY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036701917     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(02)00011-2     Document Type: Article

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