Research Article

Analytical Performances of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA-Based Amplix® Real-Time PCR Platform for HIV-1 RNA Quantification

Table 2

Repeatability and reproducibility of the HIV-1 RNA-based Amplix real-time PCR assay.

PanelTarget HIV-1 RNA (log copies/mL)Number of determinationsMean (SD) (log copies/mL) of HIV-1 RNA measuredCoefficient of variation (%)

Repeatability
 Third WHO standard5.0435.2 (0.3)5.7
 Low-positive pool3.17303.2 (0.2)7.7
 High-positive pool6.33306.5 (0.3)4.6

Reproducibility
 Third WHO standard5.0435.3 (0.4)7.5
 Low-positive pool3.17303.3 (0.3)9.1
 High-positive pool6.33306.6 (0.4)6.0

SD: standard deviation.