| Literature DB >> 12517891 |
Laurent Andréoletti1, Gérard Grésenguet, Nicolas Chomont, Mathieu Matta, Yann Quiniou, Ali Si-Mohamed, Laurent Bélec.
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNA was detected by means of ultrasensitive reverse transcription-PCR assay of 19 cervicovaginal lavage, 21 cervical mucus, 18 vaginal wall, and 17 vaginal fornix paired samples from 25 asymptomatic HIV-1-infected women (76, 84, 72, and 68%, respectively; P > 0.5). Levels of HIV-1 RNA in cervicovaginal wash samples were highly correlated with those in paired endocervical mucus samples (r = 0.71; P = 0.0006), indicating that cervicovaginal washing and endocervical swabbing are equivalent collection procedures.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12517891 PMCID: PMC149568 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.449-452.2003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948