Evaluation of the Nuclisens HIV-1 QT assay for quantitation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA levels in plasma.
Nuclisens HIV-1 QT is a new version of the NASBA HIV-1 QT assay for quantitation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNA in plasma. The specificity of this assay was 100% in one laboratory and 99%-with nonrepeatability of the initial false positive-in another. The test was linear between 2.0 and 6.0 log RNA copies per ml. According to the input HIV-1 RNA concentration, accuracy varied from -0.11 to +0.10 log RNA copy per ml and precision varied from 0.66 to 0.14 log RNA copy per ml. Reproducibility decreased when the HIV-1 RNA level was near the lower limit of quantitation of the test. HIV-1 RNA could be quantitated by Nuclisens HIV-1 QT in 36% (laboratory 1) and 24% (laboratory 2) of clinical samples with HIV-1 RNA levels lower than the lower limit of quantitation by NASBA HIV-1 QT. Nuclisens HIV-1 QT was not suitable for measurement of RNA from clade G and group O HIV-1 strains.
Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France. msegondy@worldnet.fr
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D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000821:virology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014766:Viremia / Q000821:virology; D014773:Virology / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
D012367:RNA, Viral