Measuring human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA loads in dried blood spot specimens using NucliSENS EasyQ HIV-1 v2.0

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-125

  van Deursen, Peter ^a   Oosterlaken, Tom ^a   Andre, Patrice ^b,d   Verhoeven, André ^a   Bertens, Lieke ^a   Trabaud, Mary Anne ^b   Ligeon, Veronique ^c   de Jong, Jacques ^a  

^a BioMérieux bv ^*  (Netherlands)

^b CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Dried blood spots; HIV 1 RNA; NASBA; Quantification; Stability; Viral load

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRIED BLOOD SPOT SPECIMEN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RNA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STORAGE; THERMOSTABILITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 74249101058     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.11.021     Document Type: Article

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