Use of an HIV-1 reverse-transcriptase enzyme-activity assay to measure HIV-1 viral load as a potential alternative to nucleic acid-based assay for monitoring antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1611-1614

  Iqbal, H Syed ^a   Balakrishnan, P ^a   Cecelia, Anitha J ^a   Solomon, Suniti ^a   Kumarasamy, N ^a   Madhavan, Vidya ^a   Murugavel, K G ^a   Ganesh, Aylur K ^a   Solomon, Sunil Suhas ^a   Mayer, Kenneth H ^b   Crowe, Suzanne M ^c  

^a YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; DRUG MONITORING; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; HIV-1; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, VIRAL; SELF-SUSTAINED SEQUENCE REPLICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 37249066240     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47456-0     Document Type: Article

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