Comparative evaluation of the Artus HIV-1 QS-RGQ assay and the Abbott RealTime HIV-1 assay for the quantification of HIV-1 RNA in plasma

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-69

  Garcia Diaz, Ana ^a   Labbett, Wendy ^a   Clewley, Gillian S ^a   Guerrero Ramos, Alvaro ^a   Geretti, Anna Maria ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abbott RealTime; HIV 1; QIAsymphony Artus; Viral load

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; LABORATORY DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ISOLATION; VIRUS TITRATION;

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

EID: 84875803298     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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