Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) is much less pathogenic than HIV-1, and HIV-2 infection is associated with plasma viral loads significantly lower than those found in HIV-1 infection. We ha
Samples acquired as indicated in various geographical locations; nd: data not available; viral load test was estimated by approved clinical laboratory methods (Amplicor HIV assay Roche or bDNA Bayer);
The Quantiplex human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA 3.0 Assay (bDNA) (Bayer Diagnostics, Walpole, Mass.) produced linear and reproducible (intra-assay and interassay) results over its quantificatio
Extracted genomic nucleic acid at 2.2 ng/µL was in all samples except the negative control and HIV-positive control. In this comparison, samples and controls assayed by the non-instrumented nucleic ac