COMPARISON OF COSTS OF STRATEGIES FOR MEASURING LEVELS OF HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS TYPE-1 RNA IN PLASMA BY USING AMPLICOR AND ULTRA DIRECT ASSAYS

Authors
RABOUD JM SEMINARI E RAE SL HARRIGAN PR HOGG RS CONWAY B SHERLOCK C SCHECHTER MT OSHAUGHNESSY MV MONTANER JSG
Citation
Jm. Raboud et al., COMPARISON OF COSTS OF STRATEGIES FOR MEASURING LEVELS OF HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS TYPE-1 RNA IN PLASMA BY USING AMPLICOR AND ULTRA DIRECT ASSAYS, Journal of clinical microbiology (Print), 36(11), 1998, pp. 3369-3371
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology (Print) → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
36
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Pages
3369 - 3371
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1998)36:11<3369:COCOSF>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The costs of four algorithms for monitoring plasma human immunodeficie ncy virus type 1 RNA were compared. For patients with strong virologic responses, the use of Ultra Direct exclusively was the cheapest strat egy. For patients with weak virologic responses, small savings could b e obtained by using Amplicor and retesting only samples with values be low 500 copies/ml with Ultra Direct.