Suitability of an open automated nucleic acid extractor for high-throughput plasma HIV-1 RNA quantitation in Gabon (Central Africa)

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 269-271

  Liégeois, Florian ^a,b   Boué, Vanina ^b   Mouinga Ondémé, Augustin ^b   Lékané, Doris Kenfack ^b   Mongo, Delis ^c   Sica, Jeanne ^d   Rouet, François ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^c Centre de Traitement Ambulatoire de Koulamoutou   (Gabon)

^d Centre de Traitement Ambulatoire de Franceville   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV 1; Nucleic acid extraction; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; GABON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS LOAD;

AUTOMATION; GABON; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; PLASMA; RNA, VIRAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIRAL LOAD;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 84855215419     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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