Performance of the Abbott RealTime and Roche Cobas TaqMan Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Assays for Quantification of HCV Genotypes

Abstract

We evaluated the Abbott RealTime (ART) and Roche Cobas TaqMan Hepatitis C virus (HCV) viral load assays for quantification of HCV genotypes in patient specimens. The ART HCV assay was a more sensitive and precise tool for accurate HCV viral load quantification across the HCV genotypes tested, especially genotype 1b.