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A real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR assay with single-copy sensitivity targeting the integrase region of HIV-1 (integrase single-copy assay [iSCA] v1.0) has been widely used to quantify plasma viremia in individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART). iSCA v1.0 requires the use of an ultracentrifuge, and only about half of the nucleic acid extracted from plasma is assayed for HIV-1 RNA. We sought to simplify sample processing using microcentrifugation and improve assay sensitivity by testing more than 75% of the total extracted nucleic acid for HIV-1 RNA (iSCA v2.0). We evaluated the limit of detection (LoD) of iSCA v2.0 by testing replicates of low-copy plasma HIV-1 RNA standards. By probit analysis, the 95% LoD was 1 copy of HIV-1 RNA per milliliter for a 5-ml plasma sample. To compare the sensitivity of iSCA v1.0 and v2.0, we tested plasma samples with both assays from 60 participants on ART with HIV-1 RNA below 20 cps/ml. Of the 31 samples that had no detectable HIV-1 RNA by iSCA v1.0, 17 (55%) were detectable by v2.0 with an HIV-1 RNA mean value of 3.5 cps/ml. Twenty-nine samples were detectable with both assay versions, but average values of HIV-1 RNA cps/ml were 2.7-fold higher for v2.0 than v1.0. These results support the adoption of a new, more sensitive and simpler single-copy HIV-1 RNA assay (iSCA v2.0) to quantify residual viremia on ART and to assess the impact of experimental interventions designed to decrease HIV-1 reservoirs.
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