Use of plastic vacutainer tubes for quantification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in blood specimens

J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Jan;39(1):354-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.1.354-356.2001.

Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 viral load results were compared for paired samples collected in plastic and glass Vacutainer tubes, using both standard (n = 60) and ultrasensitive (n = 66) assays. The results showed a strong correlation (P < 0.0001), and plastic tubes can be substituted for glass tubes.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Blood Specimen Collection / instrumentation*
  • Blood Specimen Collection / methods
  • Glass
  • HIV Infections / virology*
  • HIV-1 / isolation & purification*
  • HIV-1 / physiology
  • Humans
  • Plastics
  • RNA, Viral / blood*
  • Viral Load*
  • Viremia

Substances

  • Plastics
  • RNA, Viral