Increased Reporting of Detectable Plasma HIV-1 RNA Levels at the Critical Threshold of 50 Copies per Milliliter With the Taqman Assay in Comparison to the Amplicor Assay

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the application of the new COBAS Ampliprep Taqman HIV-1 assay in comparison with the COBAS HIV-1 Ampliprep AMPLICOR MONITOR ultrasensitive assay version 1.5, with a particular focus on the most clinically relevant region near the lower limit of quantification. METHODS: Scatterplots and the Bland-Altman plot were used to inspect the degree of agreement between the 2 assays when tested on...

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