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. 2005 Aug;43(8):4234-6.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.4234-4236.2005.

Improved sensitivity of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 subtype B plasma viral load assay

Florence Damond  1 , Gilles Collin, Diane Descamps, Sophie Matheron, Sophie Pueyo, Audrey Taieb, Pauline Campa, Antoine Benard, Geneviève Chêne, Francoise Brun-Vezinet
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Improved sensitivity of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 subtype B plasma viral load assay

Florence Damond et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Aug.

Abstract

We developed a new assay for human immunodeficiency virus type 2 plasma RNA quantification based on a previous format. The new version performed significantly better than the original regarding the detection of subtype B, allowing the detection of 14 out of 36 plasma RNAs in the subtype B-infected patients not detected with the original version.

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