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Intra-assay performance characteristics of five assays for quantification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in plasma.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 36 ·No. 3 ·1998-03-00 ·Pages 835-9

Lin HJ, Pedneault L, Hollinger FB

Abstract

Three kits (Roche AMPLICOR human immunodeficiency virus type 1 [HIV-1] Monitor, Chiron enhanced-sensitivity bDNA, and Organon Teknika NASBA HIV-1 QT) and two in-house assays (from National Genetics Institute and Baylor College of Medicine) were compared with a blinded panel. The results were evaluated as to intra-assay sensitivity, precision, and ability to detect differences in a dilution series.

MeSH Terms
Evaluation Studies as Topic False Positive Reactions HIV Infections/virology HIV-1/genetics,physiology Humans RNA, Viral/blood Reagent Kits, Diagnostic Reference Standards Reproducibility of Results Sensitivity and Specificity Viral Load Viremia
Chemicals
RNA, Viral Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Lin H J
Division of Molecular Virology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Pedneault L
Hollinger F B
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abbr.
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
0095-1137
Published
1998-03-00
Pages
835-9
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505564
PMCID
PMC104640
Subset
IM
Grants
NIAID NIH HHS · R21 AI082517 · United States
NIAID NIH HHS · AI-82517 · United States
PHS HHS · P30 A136211-04/05 · United States
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