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Plasma RNA quantification and HIV-1 divergent strains.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 1 May 2003
Plantier Jean-Christophe, Gueudin Marie, Damond Florence, Braun Joséphine, Mauclère Philippe, Simon François
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The diversity of HIV complicates viral load measurement for patient management and treatment monitoring. Numerous studies have shown that non-B group M variants can be underestimated and that group O strains are not detected by commercial tests. More recent versions of the kits used for previous studies have improved the quantification of non-B variants but are still unable to detect or correctly quantify group O...
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