Comparison of 3 Tests for Plasma HIV-1 RNA Quantitation of Non-B Subtypes in Patients Infected with HIV-1 in N’Djamena-Chad: Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan HIV-1 Test Version 2.0, Abbott m2000 RealTime and Generic HIV Viral Load^® Assays

Chatté Adawaye^1*, Erick Ntambwe Kamangu², Joseph Fokam^3,4, Fabrice Susin⁵, Ali Mahamat Moussa^6,7, Tchombou Hig-Zounet Bertin^6,7, Joseph Mad- Toingué^6,7, Dolores Vaira⁵ and Michel Moutschen^5,8

¹National Institute of Sciences and Technique of Abéché, Abéché-Chad, Cameroon

²Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon

³Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management, Yaoundé-Cameroon, Cameroon

⁴Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Parasitology, Hematology and Infectious Diseases, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé-Cameroon, Cameroon

⁵Reference Laboratory of HIV/AIDS of Liège, CHU de Liège, Liège-Belgique, Cameroon

⁶Faculty of Human Health Sciences, University of N’Djamena, N’Djamena-Chad, Cameroon

⁷General National Reference Hospital, Ndjamena-Chad, Cameroon

⁸Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine Service, University Hospital Center of Liège, Liège-Belgique, Cameroon