Correction of underquantification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 load with the second version of the Roche Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1337-1342

  De Bel, A ^a   Marissens, D ^b   Debaisieux, L ^c   Liesnard, C ^c   Van Den Wijngaert, S ^b   Lauwers, S ^a   Pierard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REPEAT PROCEDURE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 77950485243     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01226-09     Document Type: Article

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