TABLE 2.

Reproducibility of the RT-PCR assay with multiple competitors

Plasma specimen no. and assay (n)	Meana (SD)	Log of SD	CV (%)
Within-run intraassay
1 (10)	38,170 (3,741)	0.044	10
2 (10)	7,200 (1,530)	0.084	21
3 (10)	1,140 (350)	0.111	24
Between-run interassay
1 (6)	44,362 (12,908)	0.111	29
2 (6)	5,559 (1,498)	0.105	27
4 (6)	257 (93)	0.13	36

^aHIV-1 RNA copy number.