Evaluation of ViveST™ for HIV-1/HCV Testing Using Abbott’s RealTime Assays

(Presented at the 2012 Clinical Virology Symposium (CVS) in Daytona Beach, Florida)  Summary:  This study compared the performance of ViveST, a novel dried ambient transportation matrix, to frozen plasma for use with commercially available HCV and HIV-1 viral load and genotypic assays.