TABLE 2.
Numbers and percentages of discordant results between AMPLICOR HIV-1 Monitor Test version 1.5, Nuclisens HIV-1 QT, and Quantiplex HIV RNA 3.0 (bDNA) tests
| Genetic subtype | No. (%) of discordant resultsa/total no. of results obtained with viral load tests:
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|---|---|---|---|
| Quantiplex vs. Amplicor | Amplicor vs. Nuclisens | Nuclisens vs. Quantiplex | |
| A1 | 2/4 (50) | 4/4 (100) | 0/4 (0) |
| B | 6/20 (30) | 6/14 (43) | 5/14 (36) |
| F1 | 0/4 (0) | 0/4 (0) | 0/4 (0) |
| G | 13/17 (76) | 4/5 (80) | 4/5 (80) |
| U | 4/10 (40) | 2/7 (29) | 2/7 (29) |
| B/G | 4/9 (44) | 2/4 (50) | 2/4 (50) |
| Total | 29/64 (45) | 18/38 (47) | 13/38 (34) |
a
Results for which the difference in log10 HIV-1 RNA copies per ml was >0.5.