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Comparison between the automated Roche Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan HIV-1 test version 2.0 assay and its version 1 and Nuclisens HIV-1 EasyQ version 2.0 assays when measuring diverse HIV-1 genotypes in China
- Source :
- Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology. 53(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Background Several commercially available HIV-1 viral load assays based on real-time detection technology and automated platforms are available. It is not clear how the diversity of HIV-1 genotypes impacts the ability to consistently detect HIV-1 viral loads. Objectives To examine whether the diversity of HIV-1 genotypes impacts the ability of the Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan HIV-1 test version 2.0 (CAP/CTM v2.0), its version 1.0 (CAP/CTM v1.0) and the NucliSens EasyQ HIV-1 version 2.0 (EasyQ v2.0) assays to consistently determine the viral loads. Study design The three assays were used to measure the viral load in 178 plasma samples with diverse genotypes from treatment-naive patients. Results CAP/CTM v2.0 showed significant correlation and high agreement with CAP/CTM v1.0 and EasyQ v2.0. CAP/CTM v2.0 showed excellent detection of clade B samples compared with CAP/CTM v1.0 and EasyQ v2.0. However, significant differences were observed when using CAP/CTM v2.0 to test clade BC and AE samples. The HIV-1 load measured by CAP/CTM v2.0 differed by >0.5logIU/ml in 59.52% and 72.62% of clade BC samples, and in 57.14% and 85.71% of clade AE samples, compared with CAP/CTM v1.0 and EasyQ v2.0, respectively. CAP/CTM v2.0 was more precise (13.18%) than EasyQ v2.0 (29.21%), and both assays showed good linearity ( R ≥0.9926). Conclusions The three assays may not deliver consistent results for samples belonging to clades BC and AE. It is strongly suggested that the version of the HIV-1 viral load assay used initially is also used at follow-up.
- Subjects :
- China
Genotype
Cobas taqman
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
HIV Infections
Biology
medicine.disease_cause
Sensitivity and Specificity
gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Virology
medicine
Humans
Plasma samples
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
Genetic Variation
Reproducibility of Results
Viral Load
Molecular biology
Nuclisens easyq
Infectious Diseases
HIV-1
RNA, Viral
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
Viral load
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18735967
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d865afb42a93834e27869440fa9a96a9