Evaluation of the QIAsymphony™ SP and Artus™ RealTime extraction-quantification systems for measuring HIV-1 virus load

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-352

  Sandres Saune K ^a,b   Raymond, S ^a,b   Nicot, F ^a,b   Boineau, J ^a,b   Pasquier, C ^a,b   Izopet, J ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Automated extraction; HIV 1; Qiasymphony; RNA quantification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTUS; ASSAY; EVALUATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QIASYMPHONY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUS LOAD;

AUTOMATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 82755182633     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.08.026     Document Type: Article

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