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Mutations to the probe of Cobas TaqMan HIV-1 ver. 1.0 assay causing undetectable viral load in a patient with acute HIV-1 infection.
Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2011
Yotsumoto Mihoko, Shinozawa Keiko, Yamamoto Yasuyuki, Sugiura Wataru, Miura Toshiaki, Fukutake Katsuyuki
Abstract excerpt
We encountered a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 in which the viral load was undetectable with the Cobas TaqMan HIV-1 ver. 1.0 (CTM v.1.0) in a patient with acute HIV-1 infection. The CTM v.1.0 assay showed more than 1,000-fold underestimation compared with the subsequent Cobas Amplicor Monitor v.1.5 assay. Because five mismatches to the CTM v.1.0 assay probe in the HIV-1 virus in the patient were disclosed...
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