Comparison of the sensitivities of the version 1.5 and version 1.0 ultrasensitive roche AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR kits at low concentrations of human immunodeficiency virus RNA

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2819-2820

  Brambilla, Donald J ^a   Jennings, Cheryl ^b   Morack, Ralph ^b   Granger, Suzanne ^a   Bremer, James W ^b  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

HIV-1; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

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

EID: 2942536247     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2819-2820.2004     Document Type: Article

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