TABLE 1.
List of comparator assays run at the collaborating sitesa
| Site | Assay used
|
|
|---|---|---|
| HCV | HIV-1 | |
| 1 | bDNA | bDNA |
| 2 | CAM | CAM |
| 3 | In-house test | bDNA |
| 4 | LcX + in-house test | LcX |
| 5 | ND | LcX |
| 6 | CAM | CAM |
| 7 | ND | LcX |
| 8 | ND | LcX |
| 9 | CTM | CTM |
a
ND, not done; bDNA, Bayer Versant bDNA HIV-1 and HCV versions 3.0 (Bayer HealthCare) assays; CAM, Roche COBAS Amplicor HIV-1 Monitor version 1.5 and HCV Monitor version 2.0 (Roche Diagnostics, Basel, Switzerland) assays; LcX, the Abbott LcX HIV and HCV RNA quantitative assays (Abbott Molecular, Chicago, IL); CTM, Roche Cobas Ampliprep-Cobas TaqMan HIV-1 test (Roche Diagnostics, Basel, Switzerland).