Nucleic acid testing and molecular characterization of HIV infections

• Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Vol. 38; no. 5; pp. 829 - 842
• Main Authors: Zhao, Junpeng, Chang, Le, Wang, Lunan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Science and Business Media LLC 01.05.2019; Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Amplification; Antiretroviral agents; Assaying; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Chain branching; Contamination; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Diagnosis; Disease transmission; DNA; Drug resistance; Genomes; Genotype; HIV; HIV Infections; HIV-1; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Infections; Internal Medicine; Medical Microbiology; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; Nucleic acids; Nucleotide sequence; Point-of-Care Testing; Polymerase chain reaction; Polymorphism; Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; Reproducibility; Review; Risk reduction; RNA, Viral; Transcription; Viruses; Characterization; Qualitative nucleic acid assays; Human immunodeficiency virus; Nucleic acid testing; Quantitative nucleic assays

Significant advances have been made in the molecular assays used for the detection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which are crucial in preventing HIV transmission and monitoring disease progression. Molecular assays for HIV diagnosis have now reached a high degree of specificity, sensitivity...