Performance of the Abbott RealTime HIV-1 assay versus the roche amplicor HIV-1 MonitorTM Test, v1.5, UltraSensitive assay for samples with low plasma HIV-1 RNA copy numbers.
Infectious Diseases Unit, Medical Centre, Goethe-University Hospital, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Frankfurt, Germany c.stephan@em.uni-frankfurt.de.
Christoph
C
Stephan
Janssen R&D, High Wycombe, UK.
Andrew
A
Hill
Janssen, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.
Maria Blanca
MB
Hadacek
Janssen EMEA, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Yvonne
Y
van Delft
Janssen EMEA, Neuss, Germany.
Christiane
C
Moecklinghoff
D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D019562:Viral Load
D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
TaqMan real-time PCR; low-level replication; protease inhibitor monotherapy