Article
Impact of HIV-1 genetic diversity in China on the measurement of viral load.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 2008
Wang Youchun, Song Aijing, Xu Sihong, Li Xiuhua, Chong Huihui, Zhao Chenyan, Nie Jianhui, Zhang Chuntao
Abstract excerpt
In this study, 190 HIV-positive samples were collected from different regions of China. The HIV clades of 153 samples were determined successfully based on env sequencing. Specifically, 48, 5, 87, and 13 isolates belonged to clades B', B, BC, and AE, respectively. The viral loads in all samples were measured using three commercial assays, Amplicor HIV-1 monitor v1.5, Nuclisens HIV-1 QT and NucliSens EasyQ HIV-1...
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