Comparison of the Aptima HIV-1 Quant Dx assay with the COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 v2.0 Test for HIV-1 viral load quantification in plasma samples from HIV-1-infected patients.

Serena Longo Isabella Bon Giuseppina Musumeci Alessia Bertoldi Vanessa D'Urbano Leonardo Calza Maria Carla Re

Published in: Health science reports (2018)

Aptima-HIV-1 assay demonstrated sensitivity, accuracy, reproducibility, and precision for the detection and quantitation of HIV-1 RNA across a wide dynamic range of VLs. Its performance, together with full automation and high throughput, suggests that Aptima-HIV-1 could be a suitable assay for reliable monitoring of HIV-1 VL in patients undergoing treatment.

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