<molecular biology> A test used to determine the amount of HIV (as well as other viruses) in blood plasma. ... The test uses a signal amplification technique, which creates a luminescent signal whose brightness depends on the viral RNA present. Test results are calibrated in numbers of virus particle equivalents per millilitre of plasma. BDNA...
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see branched-chain DNA assay.
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A DNA test for detecting and measuring HIV in the blood plasma of people with HIV. The bDNA test is faster and probably more accurate than plasma culture, the test currently used‹it is less sensitive than PCR, another new test. bDNA testing may eventually be useful to monitor the effectiveness of anti-HIV drugs and to gauge HIV disease progressio...
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