title: Nonradioactive, colorimetric microplate hybridization assay for detecting amplified human immunodeficiency virus DNA.
abstract: A nonradioactive, colorimetric microplate hybridization procedure was used to assay human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) DNA, amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Under the PCR conditions used, four proviral copies per 150,000 cells were detected by amplifying a series of DNA mixtures that contained various copy numbers of HIV. Assays of PCR-amplified DNA from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of seronegative individuals yielded negative results (104 of 104), whereas samples from seropositive individuals yielded > 99% positive results (141 of 142). Similar results were obtained in a chemiluminescent assay with an acridinium ester-labeled probe and in a solution hybridization assay in which a 32P-labeled probe was used.
authors.affiliation: Division of HIV/AIDS, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rapier
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Villamarzo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schochetman
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Ou
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Brakel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Donegan
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Maltzman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kirtikar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gatica
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003124:Colorimetry; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000382:microbiology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000382:microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral