Article
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, th...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Base Sequence
- Child
- DNA Primers
- DNA Probes
- DNA, Viral
- False Negative Reactions
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Pregnancy