Comparative evaluation of Roche's COBAS Ampliprep/COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 Test v2.0 and Abbott's RealTime m2000sp/rt HIV-1 assay on PPTs and EDTA samples

J Clin Virol. 2014 May;60(1):78-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.01.019. Epub 2014 Feb 4.

Authors

Dena Adachi¹, Marlin Benedet¹, Julian W Tang², Geoffrey D Taylor³

Affiliations

¹ Alberta Provincial Laboratory for Public Health (Edmonton Site), Canada.
² Alberta Provincial Laboratory for Public Health (Edmonton Site), Canada. Electronic address: jwtang49@hotmail.com.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

PMID: 24594081
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.01.019

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Evaluation Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Blood Specimen Collection / methods*
HIV Infections / virology*
HIV-1 / genetics
HIV-1 / isolation & purification*
Humans
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods*
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
Viral Load / methods*

Substances

Reagent Kits, Diagnostic