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ArticleIntervirology2021

Comparison of the Amplisure HBV Quantitative Kit with the Qiagen Artus HBV QS-RGQ Assay for Quantifying Viral DNA in Plasma Samples of Monitoring Cases.

Ganesan Praveenkumar, Chaitali Nikam, Ragoori Venkata Ramana, Sengupta Caesar, Velumani Amruta, Ahmad Riyaj

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  1. Performance of a novel DiaRD-HCV RNA RTqPCR kit for quantification of HCV RNA in clinical samples.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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Ganesan PraveenkumarMolecular Biology, Thyrocare Technologies Limited, Navi Mumbai, India.
Chaitali NikamInfectious Diseases, Thyrocare Technologies Limited, Navi Mumbai, India.
Ragoori Venkata RamanaRAS Life Sciences Pvt. Limited, Hyderabad, India.
Sengupta CaesarThyrocare Technologies Limited, Navi Mumbai, India.
Velumani AmrutaThyrocare Technologies Limited, Navi Mumbai, India.
Ahmad RiyajThyrocare Technologies Limited, Navi Mumbai, India.

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Abstract

backgroundMonitoring of hepatitis B virus (HBV) viral load has become an essential phase in the treatment of HBV. There are many commercial assays available for HBV viral load quantification. In this study, we have evaluated the performance characteristics of Amplisure® HBV Kit in comparison with the Qiagen artus HBV QS-RGQ kit for HBV DNA quantitation.

methodsComparison of 2 methods was carried out on 200 clinical samples, 150 HBV DNA positive and 50 HBV DNA negative, by a reference method. Results obtained with Amplisure® HBV Kit (Amplisure HBV) were compared using the Qiagen artus HBV QS-RGQ assay results as the comparator method.

resultThe overall performance of the Amplisure HBV compared with the comparator method shows positive and negative clinical agreement of 100 and 76%, respectively. Among the 12 qualitative discrepant samples, all positive with Amplisure HBV were sequenced and 10 were below comparator method's LOD. For 5 weak positives (-0.22 to 0.98 log IU/mL), the sequencing failed. The 7 other positives (0.48 to 1.89 log IU/mL) were confirmed positive by sequencing. Quantitative comparison gave an r2 of 0.967 with a mean log difference of 0.09 log10 IU/mL.

conclusionThis study shows that Amplisure® HBV Quantitative Kit shows comparable performance with artus HBV QS-RGQ assays and can be useful in management and therapeutic monitoring of HBV in a clinical practice.

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DNA, ViralHepatitis B virusViral LoadDNA, ViralChronic hepatitis BHepatitis B virusTreatment monitoringViral load

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PMID34023832
PMCPMC8619781

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