EVALUATION OF METHOD OF DETERMINING THE ACTIVITY OF HIV REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE USING THE TEST SYSTEM EXAVIR LOAD V. 3
The HIV epidemic in Russia requires an increase in laboratory studies performed during the dispensary observation of patients and monitoring the effectiveness of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). In addition to the significant increase in the cost of implementation of quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a high degree of centralization of this type of research may create difficulties with the timely execution of these studies. The possibility of using alternative PCR laboratory method for determining viral load on the activity of reverse transcriptase (RT) of HIV will increase the availability of objective laboratory monitoring of the effectiveness of HAART.