title: Large-scale comparison of Roche Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan and Abbott RealTime HIV assays.
abstract: Significant underquantitation of HIV RNA has been reported with the Roche Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan HIV Test (Version 1) compared to other assays. However, these studies have generally involved limited numbers of samples from select patient populations or analysis of samples that were undetectable in the TaqMan assay. Random plasma samples submitted from throughout the United States for HIV RNA quantitation (n=1263) were compared in the Roche TaqMan and Abbott RealTime assays. Twenty-four samples (1.9%) were discrepant, with a maximum difference between the two assays of 1.9logcopies/mL. These data indicate that both tests may be susceptible to underquantitation, but the incidence is low in this large cohort of samples from across the United States.
authors.affiliation: ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology®, 500 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, United States. michael.pyne@aruplab.com
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Pyne
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Hillyard
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D014481:United States; D019562:Viral Load / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral