Amplicor

A proprietary–Roche Diagnostics PCR-based test used to monitor HIV-1 viral load

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La prueba de COBAS AMPLICOR CT emplea controles internos en paralelo, tanto para los resultados positivos, como para los negativos.

Prevalencia de Chlamydia Trachomatis detectada por reaccion en cadena de la polimerasa en un grupo de mujeres jovenes sintomaticas y asintomaticas en Bogota, Colombia

Among them are the FDA-approved manual and semiautomatic qualitative assays, such as Amplicor and Cobas Amplicor HCV version 2 from Roche, which have limits of detection of 50 IU/mL or 50 vge/mL to 135 vge/mL, as well as the transcription-mediated amplification (TMA) assay, such as VERSANT HCV from Bayer, which has a sensitivity of 10 IU/mL or approximately 50 vge/mL.

Occult hepatits C virus persistence: identification and characteristics

To date, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared 2 NAA tests for direct detection of MTBC in respiratory specimens, the Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test (MTD) (Gen-Probe, Inc, San Diego, Calif) and the AMPLICOR Mycobacterium tuberculosis Test (Roche Diagnostic Systems, Inc, Indianapolis, Ind).

Molecular Techniques in Mycobacterial Detection

The inhibitor test can be done as an option with Amplicor.

Update: Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Tuberculosis

Virus was cleared, as determined by Amplicor II testing, which has a cutoff of 100 viral copies/mL, in 13% of patients in the interferon alfa-2a group, and in 43% of patients in the 90-[micro]g and 180-[micro]g pegylated interferon groups after 48 weeks of treatment.

Pegylated Interferon Useful in Chronic HCV With Cirrhosis

HIV viral load was assessed using the Amplicor HIV Monitor 1 test (Roche Molecular Systems Inc.

Anti-hepatitis C virus treatment may prevent the progression of liver fibrosis in non-responder human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus coinfected patients

Hepatitis B viral DNA (HBV DNA) was measured using the Roche Cobas Amplicor quantitative assay (Roche Diagnostic Systems, Branchburg, NJ).

The prevalence of hepatitis B co-infection in a South African urban government HIV clinic

Recently, we announced an updated system, the COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR Test version 1.

Roche Diagnostics' Dr. Lazarus commits to improving HIV testing

Para su deteccion se utilizo la tecnica de reaccion en cadena de la polimerasa (PCR COBAS AMPLICOR CT, Roche diagnostic Systems).

Estudio piloto de prevalencia de infeccion por Chlamydia trachomatis detectada por PCR en mujeres con parto prematuro en el Instituto Materno Infantil de Bogota

All of the patients were seropositive for anti-HCV, as tested by enzyme immunoassay (Abbott Diagnostics), and positive for serum HCV RNA, as tested by Cobas Amplicor HCV, Ver.

Population genotyping of hepatitis C virus by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry analysis of short DNA fragments

In this study, we compared the performance characteristics of the BDProbTec ET system with those of the Roche Amplicor Cobas system for the detection of C trachomatis and N gonorrhoeae.

Performance Characteristics of the Becton Dickinson ProbeTec System for Direct Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Male and Female Urine Specimens in Comparison With the Roche Cobas System

Direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory specimens by Gen-probe amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test and Roche Amplicor Mycobacterium tuberculosis test.

Performance evaluation programs for determining HIV-1 viral loads, testing for HIV p24 antigen, and identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis using nucleic acid amplification tests