Comparison of the Cepheid GeneXpert and Abbott M2000 HIV-1 real time molecular assays for monitoring HIV-1 viral load and detecting HIV-1 infection

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 229, Issue , 2016, Pages 35-39

  Ceffa, Susanna ^a   Luhanga, Richard ^b   Andreotti, Mauro ^c   Brambilla, Davide ^a   Erba, Fulvio ^d   Jere, Haswel ^b   Mancinelli, Sandro ^d   Giuliano, Marina ^c   Palombi, Leonardo ^d   Marazzi, Maria Cristina ^e  

^a Community of S Egidio ^*  (Italy)

^b DREAM Health Center   (Malawi)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e LUMSA UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early infant diagnosis; HIV 1; POC tests; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REAL TIME MOLECULAR ASSAY; RNA ANALYSIS; VIRUS LOAD; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; HIV INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG MONITORING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952949928     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2015.12.007     Document Type: Article

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