Laboratory Techniques

New virus load assay reported comparable with Roche commercial kit, but cheaper

Published in AIDS Weekly, May 26th, 2003

An international team of scientists has developed a viral load assay that they claim yields comparable results to Roche's commercial kit, but that is about five times less expensive.

In a poster presentation at the 10th conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, S.A. Alabi and colleagues noted that "there are no commercial kits capable of measuring both HIV-2 and HIV-1 virus loads, while the high price of available HIV-1 assays are beyond the reach of most laboratories in the developing world."

"Virus load measurements are crucial to understanding HIV pathogenesis and assessing response to treatment, and are among the best markers of...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2003-05-26)

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