Use of Plastic Vacutainer Tubes for Quantification of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Blood Specimens

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 viral load results were compared for paired samples collected in plastic and glass Vacutainer tubes, using both standard (n = 60) and ultrasensitive (n = 66) assays. The results showed a strong correlation (P < 0.0001), and plastic tubes can be substituted for...

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Main Authors: Landry, Marie L., Garner, Robin, Ferguson, David
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2001
Subjects:
Virology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC87730/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11136799
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.39.1.354-356.2001
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