TABLE 2.
HIV-1 RNA levels determined by the three AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR microwell plate tests and the prototype automated AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR Test
| Virus strain | Refer-ence(s) | Sub-type | RNA level (log10 copies/ml)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version 1.0 | Version 1.0+ | Microwell plate version of 1.5 | Prototype automated version of 1.5 | |||
| UG273 | 29 | A | 2.975 | 4.862 | 5.604 | 5.149 |
| DJ25 8 | 28, 29 | A | <dla | 4.584 | 4.665 | 4.678 |
| DJ263 | 29 | A | <dl | 4.372 | 4.781 | 4.640 |
| US1 | 30 | B | 4.761 | 5.109 | 5.211 | 4.894 |
| US3 | 30 | B | 4.643 | 4.767 | 5.514 | 4.841 |
| US4 | 30 | B | 4.436 | 4.433 | 4.731 | 4.581 |
| CM237 | 30 | B | 4.742 | 4.649 | 5.132 | 4.600 |
| BK132 | 32 | B | 4.799 | 4.865 | 5.487 | 5.068 |
| BZ167 | 27, 28 | B | 5.041 | 4.778 | 5.123 | 5.143 |
| ZAM18 | 29 | C | 4.598 | 4.540 | 5.183 | 4.728 |
| UG278 | 28, 29 | C | 4.767 | 4.827 | 4.677 | 4.665 |
| ETH2220 | 41a | C | 4.707 | 4.902 | 5.374 | 4.941 |
| SE364 | 29 | C | 4.347 | 4.684 | 4.767 | 4.461 |
| SM145 | 28, 29 | C | 5.065 | 5.109 | 5.142 | 5.017 |
| SE365 | 28, 29 | D | 4.613 | 4.708 | 4.621 | 4.618 |
| UG270 | 28 | D | 4.512 | 4.692 | 4.831 | 4.650 |
| UG274 | 28, 29 | D | 4.617 | 4.729 | 4.656 | 5.111 |
| CM235 | 31 | E | 5.274 | 5.294 | 5.853 | 5.274 |
| CM238 | 27, 30 | E | 3.484 | 4.915 | 4.635 | 4.533 |
| CM240 | 27, 30 | E | 3.309 | 4.486 | 4.655 | 4.609 |
| CM243 | 32 | E | 3.217 | 4.797 | 4.891 | 4.723 |
| POC30506 | 37a | E | 3.450 | 4.821 | 5.238 | 4.886 |
| RA12 | 37a | E | 2.937 | 4.882 | 4.790 | 4.473 |
| RA17 | 37a | E | 3.356 | 4.776 | 4.838 | 4.583 |
| NP1465 | 37a | E | 3.293 | 4.642 | 4.724 | 3.930 |
| BZ126 | 28 | F | 3.147 | 4.071 | 5.612 | 4.572 |
| BZ162 | 27, 28 | F | 3.872 | 5.133 | 5.166 | 5.140 |
| BZ163 | 27 | F | 3.173 | 3.759 | 5.076 | 4.996 |
| HH8793 | 9a | G | 4.216 | 4.830 | 4.819 | 5.196 |
| Mean | 4.124 | 4.725 | 5.027 | 4.783 | ||
| SD | 0.75 | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.29 | ||
a
<dl, less than the detection limit.