Evaluation of the Abbott LCx quantitative assay for measurement of human immunodeficiency virus RNA in plasma.
Plasma human immunodeficiency virus RNA in 491 clinical specimens was measured by LCx. There was a strong correlation with the results provided by other methods (r(2) values of 0.93 with Cobas-Monitor version 1.5 and of 0.95 with Quantiplex version 3.0). However, values were uniformly higher with LCx than with Quantiplex when non-B subtypes were tested.
de Mendoza
Carmen
C
Service of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Carlos III, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Alcamí
José
J
Sainz
María
M
Folgueira
Dolores
D
Soriano
Vincent
V
D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D022521:Ligase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D019562:Viral Load
D012367:RNA, Viral; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic