Comparison of the RealTime HIV-1, COBAS TaqMan 48 v1.0, Easy Q v1.2, and Versant v3.0 assays for determination of HIV-1 viral loads in a cohort of Canadian patients with diverse HIV subtype infections.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on November 17, 2010

Authors

Deirdre Church1, Daniel Gregson, Tracie Lloyd, Marina Klein, Brenda Beckthold, Kevin Laupland, M John Gill

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Microbiology, Calgary Laboratory Services, 9-3535 Research Rd. N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Deirdre.church@cls.ab.ca

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