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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 1998, p. 258-260, Vol. 36, No. 1
Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina1;
New England Research
Institute, Watertown, Massachusetts2;
and
Organon Teknika, Durham, North
Carolina3
Received 30 May 1997/Returned for modification 30 July
1997/Accepted 1 October 1997
We compared whole blood dried on filter paper to the standard assay
with frozen cell-free plasma for use in the quantitation of the human
immunodeficiency virus RNA load in blood. RNA values from filter paper,
corrected for the hematocrit, gave results comparable to those of the
standard assay in terms of sensitivity and reproducibility.
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Quantitation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA in Plasma by Using Blood Dried on Filter Paper
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