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Analytical characteristics and comparative evaluation of Aptima HIV-1 Quant Dx assay with Ampliprep/COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 test v2.0

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Title
Analytical characteristics and comparative evaluation of Aptima HIV-1 Quant Dx assay with Ampliprep/COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 test v2.0
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Virology Journal, October 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12985-016-0627-y
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Angelos. Hatzakis, Helen Papachristou, Sangeetha J. Nair, Jacqueline Fortunko, Tracy Foote, HeeCheol Kim, Tashi L. Peling, Andrew J. Worlock

Abstract

Quantitation of HIV-RNA is critically important for diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, monitoring and assessment of infectivity in HIV-1 infection. The objective of this study was to assess performance characteristics of the Aptima HIV-1 Quant Dx assay (Aptima), a new transcription mediated amplification (TMA), fully integrated and automated assay from Hologic Inc., San Diego, CA, USA. The analytical sensitivity, analytical specificity, precision and detection of HIV-1 subtypes were tested based on commercially available international standards or panels. A selected group of 244 anti-HIV-1 (+) plasma samples was used for comparison with Roche COBAS Ampliprep/COBAS TaqMan HIV- 1 test v2.0 (Roche CAP/CTM), (Roche Molecular Systems, Pleasanton, CA). The 50 and 95 % limit of detection were estimated at 4.9 (95 % CI 3.9-5.7) and 17.6 (15.2-21.2) IU/mL respectively. The specificity was found 99.83 (99.06-99.97) %. The standard deviations and coefficient of variations for panels with 50 and 100 copies/mL (1.7 and 2 log copies/mL) were 0.14 log copies/mL (8.67 %CV) and 0.18 log copies/mL (9.91 %CV) respectively. The detection rate for Aptima and Roche assays was 220/244 (90.2 %) and 217/244 (88.9 %) respectively. The Aptima assay is a sensitive, specific, precise and accurate test for measuring HIV-1 viral loads and for the detection of HIV-1 infections.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Doctoral Student 3 21%
Student > Master 2 14%
Researcher 2 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 7%
Other 1 7%
Other 1 7%
Unknown 4 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 21%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 21%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 7%
Unknown 6 43%
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