title: [Comparison of NucliSens HIV-1 QT and Amplicor HIV-1 monitor 1.5 in detecting HIV-1 viral load].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the results of detecting HIV-1 load by using NucliSens HIV-1 QT and Amplicor HIV-1 monitor 1.5 assays.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-two clinical samples were collected and HIV viral load was determined with the above-mentioned two methods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The number of samples in which values obtained by NucliSens HIV-1 QT and Amplicor HIV-1 monitor 1.5 differed by <0.5 log10 RNA copies/ml and in which the viral load was undetectable accounted for 88.9 percent of the measures. The correlation coefficient between the two methods was 0.956 in 56 samples of Deltalog10 VL<0.5.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of HIV-1 viral load determination with the two methods are highly comparable.
authors.affiliation: Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Pin-liang
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Wen-yan
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Xiao-xia
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Li-jian
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D015658:HIV Infections / Q000821:virology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D019562:Viral Load
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral