Comparison of the Abbott RealTime human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) assay to the Cobas ampliprep/cobas TaqMan HIV-1 test: Workflow, reliability, and direct costs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 889-895

  Sloma, Cari R ^a   Germer, Jeffrey J ^a   Gerads, Tara M ^a   Mandrekar, Jayawant N ^a   Mitchell, P Shawn ^a   Yao, Joseph D C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; VIRUS DETECTION; AUTOMATION; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; TIME; VIRUS LOAD;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

AUTOMATION; BLOOD DONORS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; RNA, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 65249107130     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02231-08     Document Type: Article

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