Improved sensitivity of a dual-target HIV-1 qualitative test for plasma and dried blood spots

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1877-1882

  Templer, Stefanie P ^a   Seiverth, Britta ^a   Baum, Paul ^b   Stevens, Wendy ^c,d   Seguin Devaux, Carole ^e   Carmona, Sergio ^c,d  

^a Roche Diagnostics International   (Switzerland)

^b ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^e LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INFANT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; RNA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; BLOOD; EVALUATION STUDY; HIV INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; BLOOD; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84976351697     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00128-16     Document Type: Article

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