Performance of the New Roche Cobas AmpliPrep-Cobas TaqMan Version 2.0 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Assay

The Cobas TaqMan human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) assay (Roche Molecular Systems, Branchburg, NJ) technology combines the extraction of total nucleic acids on the Cobas AmpliPrep (CAP) with real-time PCR on the Cobas TaqMan analyzer (CTM), using hydrolysis probe technology ([5][1], [6][2

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