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. 2002 Oct;40(10):3863-4.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3863-3864.2002.

Stability of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in cerebrospinal fluid determined with the AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR test, version 1.5 (ultrasensitive)

Elyse J Singer  1 , H Aaron Aronow, Shing-Yi Lee, Charles H Hinkin, Tadd Lazarus
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Stability of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in cerebrospinal fluid determined with the AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR test, version 1.5 (ultrasensitive)

Elyse J Singer et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Oct.

Abstract

We evaluated the effects of time, temperature, freezing, and thawing on the cerebrospinal fluid viral load by using the Roche AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR test, version 1.5 (ultrasensitive). While a statistically significant decrease from the baseline was observed at 24 h, but not at 6 or 12 h, and with one freeze-thaw cycle, all changes were within the range of intra-assay variability.

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