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Amplifying and Quantifying HIV-1 RNA in HIV Infected Individuals with Viral Loads Below the Limit of Detection by Standard Clinical Assays
Published on: September 26, 2011
Persistence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype B DNA in dried-blood samples on FTA filter paper
Chung-Chen Li1, Ingrid A Beck, Kristy D Seidel
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|August 7, 2004
Abstract:
The stability of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) DNA in whole blood collected on filter paper (FTA Card) was evaluated. After >4 years of storage at room temperature in the dark our qualitative assay detected virus at a rate similar to that of our initial test (58 of 60, 97%; P = 0.16), suggesting long-term HIV-1 DNA stability.
