LOW HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS TYPE-1 (HIV-1) DNA BURDEN AS A MAJOR CAUSE FOR FAILURE TO DETECT HIV-1 DNA IN CLINICAL SPECIMENS BY PCR

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作者
ZAZZI, M [1 ]
ROMANO, L [1 ]
CATUCCI, M [1 ]
DEMILITO, A [1 ]
ALMI, P [1 ]
GONNELLI, A [1 ]
RUBINO, M [1 ]
VALENSIN, PE [1 ]
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[1] DIV INFECT DIS,SIENA,ITALY
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10.1128/JCM.33.1.205-208.1995
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
To determine the sensitivity of a nested PCR procedure for detecting human immunodeficiency virus type 1 DNA in clinical specimens, 553 peripheral blood mononuclear cell samples obtained from 268 human immunodeficiency virus type 1-seropositive subjects were assayed by use of two independent primer sets for each sample. Overall, 1,088 of 1,106 (98.37%) reactions were positive. Investigation of the negative reactions showed that a low viral burden in some infected subjects, rather than primer-template mismatches, was the primary cause for the false-negative PCR results.
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页码:205 / 208
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