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Performance of the Amplicor human immunodeficiency virus type 1 PCR and analysis of specimens with false-negative results.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 1997
Barlow K L, Tosswill J H, Parry J V, Clewley J P
Abstract excerpt
Over a 4-year period, the Roche Amplicor kit was used in a United Kingdom reference laboratory for the detection or confirmation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 infection, particularly in infants born to HIV-infected mothers. Of 408 specimens from adults and older children tested, the 122 seronegative specimens were all Amplicor negative. Of the 286 seropositive specimens, 268 were Amplicor positive....
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