title: Evaluation of the Abbott LCx quantitative assay for measurement of human immunodeficiency virus RNA in plasma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Carlos III, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Mendoza
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alcamí
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sainz
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Folgueira
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Soriano
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic