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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2007, p. 3436-3438, Vol. 45, No. 10
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00973-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Plasma Load Discrepancies between the Roche COBAS AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR Version 1.5 and the Roche COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 Assays{triangledown}

F. Damond,1* B. Roquebert,1 A. Bénard,2 G. Collin,1 M. Miceli,1 P. Yéni,3 F. Brun-Vezinet,1 and D. Descamps1

Laboratoire de Virologie, Hôpital Bichat Claude Bernard, Paris, France,1 INSERM U593, ISPED Bordeaux F33076, France,2 Service Maladies Tropicales et Infectieuses, Hopital Bichat Claude Bernard, Paris, France3

Received 10 May 2007/ Returned for modification 11 July 2007/ Accepted 27 July 2007

We compared plasma viral load values obtained with COBAS AMPLICOR human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) MONITOR version 1.5 and with COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 assays. Mean values were 4.2 and 2.9 log10 copies/ml, respectively, showing the lack of agreement between the two assays.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de Virologie, Hôpital Bichat Claude Bernard, 75018 Paris, France. Phone: 33 1 40 25 61 51. Fax: 33 1 40 25 67 69. E-mail: florence.damond{at}bch.aphp.fr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 22 August 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2007, p. 3436-3438, Vol. 45, No. 10
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00973-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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