A sensitive branched DNA HIV-1 signal amplification viral load assay with single day turnaround.

Branched DNA (bDNA) is a signal amplification technology used in clinical and research laboratories to quantitatively detect nucleic acids. An overnight incubation is a significant drawback of highly sensitive bDNA assays. The VERSANT® HIV-1 RNA 3.0 Assay (bDNA) ("Versant Assay") currently...

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Main Authors: Mark A Baumeister, Nan Zhang, Hilda Beas, Jesse R Brooks, Jesse A Canchola, Carlo Cosenza, Felix Kleshik, Vinod Rampersad, Johan Surtihadi, Thomas R Battersby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3314011?pdf=render