HIV/AIDS Diagnostics
Studies add new findings to HIV/AIDS diagnostics body of knowledge
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, February 14th, 2006
Study 1: The Bayer TruGene genotype assay detects and characterizes non-subtype-B HIV-1 strains.
"Human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-1) protease (PR) and reverse transcriptase (RT) gene sequences obtained during antiretroviral resistance testing with a commercial genotyping assay (TruGene; Bayer Corp.) were analyzed to assess the utility of these data for detecting and characterizing non-subtype-B HIV-1 strains.
"A total of 125 viral sequences obtained from patients believed to have acquired their HIV-1 infection in Africa were...
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