title: Comparison of NucliSens and Roche Monitor assays for quantitation of levels of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in plasma.
abstract: We compared the performance of Organon Teknika's NucliSens and Roche Diagnostic Systems' Monitor quantitative human immunodeficiency type 1 RNA assays. Both had similar linearity and sensitivity over most of the dynamic range of the assays, although the Monitor assay was superior at the low range of RNA values while the NucliSens assay was more consistent at higher RNA values. NucliSens generally showed less interassay variability.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Dyer
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Pilcher
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shepard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schock
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Eron
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Fiscus
mesh_terms: D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D019562:Viral Load
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic