About the Authors
- Dieter Hoffmann
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* E-mail: hoffmann@virologie.med.tum.de
Affiliation Laboratory Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Albert D. Garcia
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Affiliation Laboratory Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- P. Richard Harrigan
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Affiliation British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Ian C. D. Johnston
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Affiliation Miltenyi Biotec, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
- Tadashi Nakasone
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Affiliation AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- J. Gerardo García-Lerma
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Affiliation Laboratory Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Walid Heneine
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Affiliation Laboratory Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Competing Interests
JGGL and WH are named on patents related to the Amp-RT assay (US patents 6787126, 7,691,572, 5849494, 6136534). Miltenyi Biotec played no role in the design and execution of the study.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DH ADG PRH WH. Performed the experiments: DH ADG. Analyzed the data: DH ADG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PRH ICDJ TN JGGL. Wrote the paper: DH WH.