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Ultrasensitive Quantitation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA in Plasma by the AMPLICOR and COBAS AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR™ Tests.
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PMID:  21370156     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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The measurement of plasma human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNA levels has become an important tool for identifying individuals likely to benefit from antiretroviral therapy (1-7) as well as monitoring patients on therapy (8-14), and is now regarded as standard medical practice for managing the treatment of HIV-1-infected individuals (15-21). Three commercially available assays for measuring HIV-1 RNA levels are available. The firstgeneration AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR™ Test, which uses reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technology, has a lower limit of quantitation of 400 copies/mL of plasma (22,23). The NucliSens HIV-1 QT Test (Organon Teknika, Boxtel, Netherlands), a second-generation assay based on the nucleic acid sequence-based amplification technique, has a lower limit of quantitation of 100 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL of plasma (24). The Quantiplex HIV-1 Version 2.0 Test (Chiron, Emeryville, CA), which uses the branched-chain DNA signal amplification technique, has a lower limit of quantitation of 500 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL of plasma (25,26).
Authors:
S Herman; J Novotny; M Rosenstraus
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Methods in molecular medicine     Volume:  49     ISSN:  1543-1894     ISO Abbreviation:  Methods Mol. Med.     Publication Date:  2001  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-03-03     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101123138     Medline TA:  Methods Mol Med     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  389-412     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Roche Molecular Systems, Alameda, CA.
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