Use of Calibrated Viral Load Standards for Group M Subtypes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 To Assess the Performance of Viral RNA Quantitation Tests
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 38 (3) , 1247-1249
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.38.3.1247-1249.2000
Abstract
Optimal management of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) disease requires accurate quantitation of viral RNA concentrations in plasma. Evidence for increasing geographic intermixing of HIV-1 subtypes makes equivalent quantitation of all subtypes essential. The performances of six quantitative viral RNA tests are described, for the first time, with calibrated viral isolates of diverse subtypes.Keywords
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