VQA Publications

Papers

Rapid decline in the efficiency of HIV drug resistance genotyping from dried blood spots (DBS) and dried plasma spots (DPS) stored at 37 degrees C and high humidity.
García-Lerma JG, McNulty A, Jennings C, Huang D, Heneine W, Bremer JW. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2009 Jul;64(1):33-6.
Diminished human immunodeficiency virus type 1 DNA yield from dried blood spots after storage in a humid incubator at 37 degrees C compared to -20 degrees C.
Mitchell C, Jennings C, Brambilla D, Aldrovandi G, Amedee AM, Beck I, Bremer JW, Coombs R, Decker D, Fiscus S, Fitzgibbon J, Luzuriaga K, Moye J, Palumbo P, Reichelderfer P, Somasundaran M, Stevens W, Frenkel L; Dried Blood Spot Working Group of the Infant Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Network. J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Sep;46(9):2945-9.
Evaluation of dried blood spots for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 drug resistance testing.
McNulty A, Jennings C, Bennett D, Fitzgibbon J, Bremer JW, Ussery M, Kalish ML, Heneine W, García-Lerma JG. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Feb;45(2):517-21.
Blinded, multicenter comparison of methods to detect a drug-resistant mutant of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 at low frequency.
Halvas EK, Aldrovandi GM, Balfe P, Beck IA, Boltz VF, Coffin JM, Frenkel LM, Hazelwood JD, Johnson VA, Kearney M, Kovacs A, Kuritzkes DR, Metzner KJ, Nissley DV, Nowicki M, Palmer S, Ziermann R, Zhao RY, Jennings CL, Bremer J, Brambilla D, Mellors JW. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Jul;44(7):2612-4.
Comparison of two human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) RNA surrogate assays to the standard HIV RNA assay.
Jennings C, Fiscus SA, Crowe SM, Danilovic AD, Morack RJ, Scianna S, Cachafeiro A, Brambilla DJ, Schupbach J, Stevens W, Respess R, Varnier OE, Corrigan GE, Gronowitz JS, Ussery MA, Bremer JW. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Dec;43(12):5950-6.
Stability of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 proviral DNA in whole-blood samples.
Jennings C, Danilovic A, Scianna S, Brambilla DJ, Bremer JW. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Aug;43(8):4249-50.
Comparison of the sensitivities of the version 1.5 and version 1.0 ultrasensitive Roche AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR kits at low concentrations of human immunodeficiency virus RNA.
Brambilla DJ, Jennings C, Morack R, Granger S, Bremer JW. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Jun;42(6):2819-20.
HIV-1-infected antiretroviral-treated patients with prolonged partial viral suppression: clinical, virologic, and immunologic course.
Tenorio AR, Smith KY, Kuritzkes DR, Sha BE, Donoval B, Young R, Jennings C, Bremer J, Shott S, Landay A, Kessler HA. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2003 Dec 15;34(5):491-6.
Multicenter evaluation of use of dried blood and plasma spot specimens in quantitative assays for human immunodeficiency virus RNA: measurement, precision, and RNA stability.
Brambilla D, Jennings C, Aldrovandi G, Bremer J, Comeau AM, Cassol SA, Dickover R, Jackson JB, Pitt J, Sullivan JL, Butcher A, Grosso L, Reichelderfer P, Fiscus SA. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 May;41(5):1888-93.
Cell-associated genital tract virus and vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in antiretroviral-experienced women.
Tuomala RE, O'Driscoll PT, Bremer JW, Jennings C, Xu C, Read JS, Matzen E, Landay A, Zorrilla C, Blattner W, Charurat M, Anderson DJ; Women and Infants Transmission Study. J Infect Dis. 2003 Feb 1;187(3):375-84.
Ratio of two successive optical densities from the Roche HIV-1 monitor test as a measure of accuracy of estimates of human immunodeficiency virus RNA concentration.
Jennings C, Brambilla DJ, Bremer JW. J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Mar;40(3):1067-8.
Multisite comparison of reproducibility and recovery from the standard and ultrasensitive Roche AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR assays.
Brambilla DJ, Granger S, Jennings C, Bremer JW. J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Mar;39(3):1121-3.
Effect of errors in the sequence of optical densities from the Roche AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR assay on the validity of assay results.
Brambilla DJ, Granger S, Jennings C, Bremer JW. J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Mar;39(3):1118-20.
Investigation of effects of acid citrate dextrose and EDTA on ability to quantitatively culture human immunodeficiency virus.
Jennings C, Bremer JW, Brambilla DJ. J Clin Microbiol. 2000 Sep;38(9):3522.

Abstracts

Rates of False Positive Results on Quantitative HIV RNA Assays
Brambilla D, Granger S, Jennings C, Bremer J. 8th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, 2001.
A Revised Proficiency Testing Program for Quantitative HIV-1 RNA Assays
Brambilla DJ, Jennings C, Bremer JW. 41st ICAAC Meeting, 2001.

RNA Studies

Variations in Measurement of HIV RNA Viral Load
Brambilla D. ACTG Meeting, 1999.
180-Day Stability of Stored RNA Proficiency Panels
Brambilla D. 1999.

Culture Reagent Comparison

VQA Culture Reagent Comparison Panel: Lot 10 vs Lot 11
Brambilla, D. 2001.
VQA Culture Reagent Comparison Panel: Lot 9 vs Lot 10
Brambilla D. 2000.

Miscellaneous

Comparison of Fetal Bovine Serum Lots Quantitative Culture
Louzao R. 2009.
Review of ACD vs EDTA Studies
2000
VQA Survey Results
A summary of a survey conducted for the purpose of documenting the current status of methods used for virology testing across ACTG and PACTG laboratories and laboratory participation in VQA Proficiency Programs. 1999.

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