Table 1.

Selected HIV-1 NAT tests approved by the FDA13 

ManufacturerTest nameMethodApproved intended use for HIV-1Patients tested postinfusion
Abbott Molecular Inc Abbott RealTime HIV-1 Quantitative PCR Patient monitoring Not applicable 
Hologic, Inc Aptima HIV-1 RNA Qualitative Assay Transcription-mediated amplification Diagnosis Patient 2 (N, v5) 
Patient 3 (N, v5) 
Patient 4 (N, v5) 
Roche Diagnostic Systems Amplicor HIV-1 Monitor Test Quantitative PCR Patient monitoring Not applicable 
Roche Molecular Diagnostics COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 Test Quantitative PCR Patient monitoring Patient 1 (P/N, v2.0) 
Patient 2 (P, v2.0) 
Patient 3 (P, v2.0) 
Patient 4 (P, v2.0) 
Roche Molecular Systems COBAS AmpliScreen HIV-1 Test v1.5 Qualitative PCR Donor screening Not applicable 
ManufacturerTest nameMethodApproved intended use for HIV-1Patients tested postinfusion
Abbott Molecular Inc Abbott RealTime HIV-1 Quantitative PCR Patient monitoring Not applicable 
Hologic, Inc Aptima HIV-1 RNA Qualitative Assay Transcription-mediated amplification Diagnosis Patient 2 (N, v5) 
Patient 3 (N, v5) 
Patient 4 (N, v5) 
Roche Diagnostic Systems Amplicor HIV-1 Monitor Test Quantitative PCR Patient monitoring Not applicable 
Roche Molecular Diagnostics COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 Test Quantitative PCR Patient monitoring Patient 1 (P/N, v2.0) 
Patient 2 (P, v2.0) 
Patient 3 (P, v2.0) 
Patient 4 (P, v2.0) 
Roche Molecular Systems COBAS AmpliScreen HIV-1 Test v1.5 Qualitative PCR Donor screening Not applicable 

N, negative; P, positive.

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