RNA amplification of the HIV-1 Pol and env regions on dried serum and plasma spots

HIV Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 557-561

  Dachraoui, R ^a   Brand, D ^b   Brunet, S ^b   Barin, F ^b   Plantier, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Dried serum plasma spot; Extraction buffer; HIV 1 RNA amplification; Storage

Indexed keywords

POL PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

BLOOD; BLOOD PRESERVATION; DESICCATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50149116575     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2008.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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