Performance of the SAMBA I and II HIV-1 Semi-Q Tests for viral load monitoring at the point-of-care

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Although access to antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection is increasing in resource-poor countries, viral load testing for monitoring of treatment efficacy remains limited, expensive, and confined to centralized laboratories. The SAMBA HIV-1 Semi-Q Test is a nucleic acid-based amplification assay developed for viral load monitoring performed on either the semi-automated SAMBA I system for laboratory use or the fully automated SAMBA II system for point-of care use. We have assessed the performance characteristics of the SAMBA HIV-1 Semi-Q Test on SAMBA I and SAMBA II systems according to the Common Technical Specifications of the European Community's 98/79 In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Directive. The sensitivity, specificity, reproducibility, and viral subtype coverage of the test were similar on the SAMBA I and SAMBA II platforms. The clinical performance on the SAMBA I system was compared with the Roche CAP/CTM assay and evaluated in-house with 130 patient specimens from London as well as in the field with 390 specimens in Kenya and Zimbabwe. The overall concordance between the SAMBA and CAP/CTM assays was 98.1%. The clinical performance of the test on the SAMBA II platform in comparison with the Abbott HIV-1 RealTime Assay was evaluated in-house with 150 specimens from Ukraine, yielding a concordance of 98.0%. The results thus show that the SAMBA HIV-1 Semi-Q Test performs equivalently on SAMBA I and SAMBA II, and they suggest that the test is suitable for implementation at the point-of-care in resource-poor regions where viral load testing is desperately needed but often unavailable.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:244

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Journal of virological methods - 244(2017) vom: 10. Juni, Seite 39-45

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Goel, Neha [VerfasserIn]
Ritchie, Allyson V [VerfasserIn]
Mtapuri-Zinyowera, Sekesai [VerfasserIn]
Zeh, Clement [VerfasserIn]
Stepchenkova, Tetiana [VerfasserIn]
Lehga, Jesse [VerfasserIn]
De Ruiter, Annemiek [VerfasserIn]
Farleigh, Laura E [VerfasserIn]
Edemaga, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
So, Rosario [VerfasserIn]
Sembongi, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Wisniewski, Craig [VerfasserIn]
Nadala, Lourdes [VerfasserIn]
Schito, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Helen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diagnosis
Evaluation Study
HIV-1
Journal Article
Point-of-care
Therapy monitoring
Viral load

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Date Completed 02.10.2017

Date Revised 10.12.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jviromet.2017.03.001

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM269659218