Potential Influence of More-Sensitive HIV-1 Load Detection by the new Roche Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan Version 2.0 Assay on Clinical Management of HIV-Positive Pregnant Women

Author(s):
Boer, M.G.J. de; Wessels, E.; Claas, E.C.J.; Kroon, F.P.
Published
2010
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

With the introduction of the new Roche Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan version 2.0 assay, HIV-1 viral loads will be detected more frequently during the peripartum period in pregnant HIV-positive women. The implications for the clinical management of these patients are discussed in this paper.

immunodeficiency-virus type-1 perinatal transmission viral load rna
Date issued
2010-11-30
Language
English
Is part of
Journal of Clinical Microbiology (2010), Vol. 48, no. 11, p. 4301-4302
hdl
1887/110010