Stability of HIV RNA in plasma specimens stored at different temperatures

HIV Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 790-793

  Amellal, Bahia ^a,b,c   Murphy, R ^a,c   Maiga, A ^a,b,c   Brucker, G ^a,b   Katlama, C ^a,b,c   Calvez, V ^a,b,c   Marcelin, A G ^a,b,c  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Solidarité Thérapeutique et Initiatives Contre le SIDA Solthis   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

HIV 1; Quantification; RNA stability; Temperatures

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; EDETIC ACID; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA STABILITY; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORT MEDIUM;

EDETIC ACID; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; RNA, VIRAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 54049127384     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2008.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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