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. 2005 Aug;43(8):4234–4236. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.4234-4236.2005

TABLE 1.

Comparative results of the former assay and the optimized version for HIV-2 viral load for different subtypes

HIV-2 subtype HIV-2 RNA viral load (copies/ml)
HIV-2 subtype HIV-2 RNA viral load (copies/ml)
Former version Optimized version Former version Optimized version
A 113 <100
168 453
302 130
568 360
720 890
2,535 1,900
3,600 4,935
3,980 3,055
4,462 5,559
5,072 4,056
5,154 10,170
8,742 9,957
<100 179
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
B 990 871
<100 475
<100 256
<100 720
<100 1,300
<100 1,608
<100 1,676
<100 3,203
<100 3,747
<100 5,065
<100 17,880
<100 20,070
<100 21,590
<100 27,700
<100 29,930
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
<100 <100
H 3,670 8,030