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The VERSANT HIV-1 RNA 1.0 Assay (kPCR) for quantitative detection of HIV-1 RNA has recently been introduced.

The VERSANT HIV-1 RNA 3.0 assay (Bayer Diagnostics, Tarrytown, NY) was performed at BMC according to the manufacturer's instructions by a technician trained by Bayer Diagnostics [14], [15].

The Versant HCV RNA 1.0 test (Siemens Healthcare) is a real-time PCR assay that uses a magnetic silica bead-based automated RNA extraction followed by automated amplification of the HCV genome and detection on the Versant Kinetic PCR (kPCR) Molecular System platform.

The Versant HCV Genotype Inno-LiPA assay version 2.0 (LiPA 2.0) was used to determine the HCV genotype for enrollment of patients with chronic HCV GT4 infection, but this assay was unable to identify the viral subtype for the majority of GT4-infected patients.

Thus, the second generation of the Versant genotyping assay could overcome the drawbacks of its exclusively 5′UTR-based predecessor and will turn out to be a reliable tool for HCV typing in clinical laboratories.

Using 100 clinical serum samples, the performance of the PCR-ELOSA method was compared with Roche's COBAS Amplicor HCV Monitor V2.0 assay and the VERSANT HCV genotype assay (LiPA), and the overall agreement was 99% at the level of HCV genotypes with a detection range of 2.0 × 102 to 1.0 × 107 IU/ml for PCR-ELOSA.

The geographic regions coded were (1) the Caribbean versant of the Chorotega Block, (2) the Pacific versant of the Chorotega Block, (3) the lowlands of the Chortis Block and (4) Highlands of the Chortis Block.

The trees from our mitochondrial analyses were similar in topology to those from the combined data with the only difference being a lineage of the N. humilis/quaggulus complex restricted to the Pacific versant of Costa Rica and Nicaragua (N. humilis lineage 3, Figs.  2, 3, 4, 5 and 6).

We used the Amplicor HCV Monitor assay (Roche Diagnostics, France) and the bDNA VERSANT HCV RNA assay (Bayer Diagnostics, France) to analyze 173 and 40 samples, respectively.

Of particular interest are the three enigmatic long-tailed rattlesnake species from the Pacific versant of Mexico.

The first run included only cDNA from B. asper from the Caribbean versant of Costa Rica, and was performed as a test run.