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HBV DNA present in WHO International Standard for HIV-1 RNA

Published in AIDS Weekly, January 3rd, 2005

HBV DNA is present in the WHO International Standard for HIV-1 RNA.

"Nucleic-acid amplification technology (NAT) assays have been implemented for HCV and HIV-1 in the United States, and many parts of Europe, Australia and Asia.

"Nucleic acid detection assays utilize many different technologies, and the WHO International Standards for nucleic acid tests are widely used to compare them. Currently, several laboratories are developing an assay for simultaneous detection of HCV RNA, HIV-1 RNA and HBV DNA," investigators in the United States report.

"In the course of such development," said V. Shymala and coworkers, "it was observed...

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