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Comparison of four commercial quantitative HIV-1 assays for viral load monitoring in clinical daily routine

Patrick Braun, Robert Ehret, Frank Wiesmann, Frauke Zabbai, Mechthild Knickmann, Rainer Kühn, Sven Thamm, Gerald Warnat, Heribert Knechten

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM) · 2007 · 58 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

Although sensitivity and precision were confirmed for all the systems, differences between them should be taken into account when viral load monitoring of the same person is performed using different systems.

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