Performance of the Xpert HBV Viral Load assay versus the Aptima Quant assay for quantifying hepatitis B virus DNA.
GeneXpert instrument
Hepatitis B virus
Molecular diagnosis
Journal
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
ISSN: 1879-0070
Titre abrégé: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8305899
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2020
Feb 2020
Historique:
received:
30
07
2019
revised:
07
11
2019
accepted:
13
11
2019
pubmed:
28
11
2019
medline:
10
6
2020
entrez:
28
11
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Quantification of HBV DNA is used for initiating and monitoring antiviral treatment. We have evaluated the Xpert HBV Viral Load (VL) assay on the GeneXpert instrument. We estimated its limit of detection to be 7.5 IU/mL. Reproducibility was 1.1-12.7% as assessed by the coefficients of variation for 3 different samples. The assay was linear from 2 to 8 log
Identifiants
pubmed: 31771903
pii: S0732-8893(19)30767-9
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2019.114946
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
DNA, Viral
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
114946Informations de copyright
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