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. 2014 Nov;52(11):3944–3951. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02060-14

TABLE 1.

Improved recovery of plasma HIV-1 RNA using a new extraction method

Sample Extraction method No. of replicates Mean no. of HIV-1 RNA copies/ml detected Mean % of expected HIV-1 RNA detecteda
Viremic plasma diluted 1:100 v1.0 4 98 36
v2.0 4 292 108
Viremic plasma diluted 1:1,000 v1.0 6 12 44
v2.0 8 23 85
a

The numbers of expected HIV-1 RNA copies/ml detected were 271 for viremic plasma diluted 1:100 and 27.1 for viremic plasma diluted 1:1,000.