Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 309-313 , December 2009

Efficient methodologies for sensitive HIV-1 RNA quantitation from plasma and vaginal secretions

Received 14 May 2009 ,Revised 18 August 2009 ,Accepted 26 August 2009.

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PII: S1386-6532(09)00411-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.08.015

Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 309-313 , December 2009

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