title: Improved sensitivity of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 subtype B plasma viral load assay.
abstract: We developed a new assay for human immunodeficiency virus type 2 plasma RNA quantification based on a previous format. The new version performed significantly better than the original regarding the detection of subtype B, allowing the detection of 14 out of 36 plasma RNAs in the subtype B-infected patients not detected with the original version.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Virologie, Hôpital Bichat Claude Bernard, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France. florence.damond@bch.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Damond
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Collin
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Descamps
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matheron
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pueyo
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taieb
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Campa
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benard
authors.forename: Geneviève
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chêne
authors.forename: Francoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brun-Vezinet
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D019562:Viral Load / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral