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. 2003 Nov;69(11):6605–6609. doi: 10.1128/AEM.69.11.6605-6609.2003

TABLE 2.

MCBs for production of RNA and DNA controls

RMSCC IDa Microorganism or virusb Plasmid Nucleic acid
Positive controls
    534 Chlamydia trachomatis pCHL-1 DNA
    556 Neisseria gonorrhoeae pucGC2 DNA
    741 Mycobacterium tuberculosis pKY5 DNA
    742 Mycobacterium intracellulare pKY3 DNA
    743 Mycobacterium avium pKY1 DNA
    1686 HCV pHCVIIA RNA
    1693 HIV-1 pRDW10 DNA
    1854 CMV pCMA1 DNA
    1968 HIV-1 pSYC35 RNA
    3069 HBV pCABN DNA
Internal controls
    1742 M. tuberculosis pSYC21 DNA
    1785 HIV-1 pNAS-2 RNA
    1795 HCV pHCVIIAS.2 RNA
    1806 C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae pSYC28 DNA
    1860 CMV pSYC31 DNA
    2451 HCV pSYC52 RNA
    3068 HBV pTMN1 DNA
    3223 HIV-1 pSDL150 RNA
Armored RNA controls
    3502 HCV pAR-HCVW-1-1,2 aRNAc
    3659 HIV-1 pCYK2-HIVPC aRNA
    3732 HCV pARHCVqR2 aRNA
    3661 HIV-1 pAR-HIVqR4 aRNA
a

ID, identification.

b

CMV, cytomegalovirus; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HIV-1, human immunodeficiency virus, type 1.

c

aRNA, armored RNA.