Multicenter comparison of the new Cobas 6800 system with Cobas Ampliprep/Cobas TaqMan and Abbott RealTime for the quantification of HIV, HBV and HCV viral load

Viral load (VL) quantification is an essential element for the monitoring of patients infected with viruses, such as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV) and C viruses (HCV). Various commercial VL assays based on different technologies are available. New integrated fully automated molecular testing platforms have recently been developed, making it possible to determine VL for different viruses simultaneously, with a higher throughput than for previous devices [1 –5]. This is the case for the new Cobas 6800/8800 system (C6800; Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany) available since 2014 as an alternative to the Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan version 2.0 assay (CAP/CTM).

Source: Journal of Clinical Virology - September 19, 2017 Category: Virology Authors: Marc Wirden, Lucile Larrouy, Nadia Mahjoub, Eve Todesco, Florence Damond, Heloise Delagreverie, Sepideh Akhavan, Charlotte Charpentier, Marie-Laure Chaix, Diane Descamps, Vincent Calvez, Anne-Genevieve Marcelin Tags: Full length article Source Type: research