title: [Evaluation of a new real-time PCR assay kit for quantification of human immunodeficiency virus RNA in plasma].
abstract: We evaluated the use of COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 for highly pure system (COBAS TaqMan) recently developed as a second-generation quantification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNA. The linearity, sensitivity, reproducibility, and effects of possibly interfering materials were examined and results compared to those of AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR Test version 1.5 (AMPLICOR) using 6 virus isolates that were all different subtypes. Excellent linearity was obtained at 1.67 x 10(2)-1.73 x 10(6) copies/mL (r2 = 0.991). Sensitivity was 40 copies/mL at a 100% hit rate. Intraexperimental CVs were 27.4-50.8%, and interexperimental CVs were 29.3-81.5%. Although COBAS TaqMan showed an excellent titer correlation with AMPLICOR (r2 = 0.960), mean titer obtained with COBAS TaqMan was 3.1 times higher than that with AMPLICOR (p = 0.002), and 7.1 times higher in a sample of subtype C, suggesting discrepancies in HIV-1 RNA quantification between the two kits. This point should be noted when AMPLICOR is replaced by COBAS TaqMan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sudo
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shima
authors.forename: Makiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Imai
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mitsunobu
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000821:virology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000592:standards*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic