Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 39-43 , January 2007

Evaluation of NucliSens EasyQ™ HIV-1 assay for quantification of HIV-1 subtypes prevalent in South-east Asia

  • H.Y. Lam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • ,
  • J.H.K. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • ,
  • K.H. Wong

      Affiliations

    • Integrated Treatment Centre, Special Preventive Programme, Centre of Health Protection, Department of Health, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • ,
  • K. Chan

      Affiliations

    • Integrated Treatment Centre, Special Preventive Programme, Centre of Health Protection, Department of Health, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • ,
  • P. Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • ,
  • M.P. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • ,
  • D.N. Tsang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • ,
  • K.Y. Yuen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • ,
  • W.C. Yam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +852 28554892; fax: +852 28551241.

Received 24 June 2006 ,Revised 6 October 2006 ,Accepted 6 October 2006.

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PII: S1386-6532(06)00372-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2006.10.002

Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 39-43 , January 2007

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