OLIGONUCLEOTIC PRIMER FOR AMPLIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACID OF THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS OF TYPE 1 (HIV-1) (VARIANTS), A PAIR OF OLIGONUCLEOTIC PRIMERS (VARIANTS), A SET OF OLIGONUCLEOTIC PRIMERS (VARIANTS), A SET FOR IDENTIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACID OF THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HIV-1 (VARIANTS), A METHOD OF AMPLIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACID OF THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HIV-1

摘要

The present invention provides improved primers for the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of a nucleic acid sequence from the gag gene of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). The primers and amplification methods of the invention enable the detection of all HIV-1 group M isolates with nearly uniform efficiency.