TABLE 1.

Precision of HPS-CTMHIV test^a

Panel member	Concn		Mean concn		No.b	Precision
	Copies/ml	Log10	Copies/ml	Log10		SD (Log10)			CV (%)c
						Interassay	Intraassay	Total	Interassay	Intraassay	Total
1	30	1.5	31	1.5	10	0.18	0.25	0.31	45	61	81
2	50	1.7	47	1.7	34	0.12	0.25	0.28	28	74	84
3	100	2.0	82	1.9	47	0.08	0.20	0.21	18	48	52
4	1,000	3.0	916	3.0	48	0.10	0.11	0.14	23	25	34
5	10,000	4.0	9,665	4.0	47	0.11	0.07	0.13	26	17	31
6	100,000	5.0	125,050	5.1	48	0.14	0.08	0.16	33	17	38
7	1,000,000	6.0	1,621,759	6.2	48	0.16	0.14	0.22	41	34	56
8	5,000,000	6.7	6,227,011	6.8	43	0.02	0.17	0.17	5	42	43

^aAssessed with multiple replicates of an eight-member standard panel of HIV RNA with consecutive runs.

^bNumber of replicates found.

^cCV, coefficient of variation.