Comparison between a nucleic acid sequence-based amplification and branched DNA test for quantifying HIV RNA load in blood plasma

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 177-181

  Berndt, Christoph ^a   Müller, Ute ^a   Bergmann, Frank ^a   Schmitt, Urban ^b   Kaiser, Rolf ^c   Müller, Christian ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

bDNA; HIV; NASBA; Virus load

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA PROBE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV-1; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0342409356     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(00)00225-1     Document Type: Article

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