Country
City
Contact name
Assay*
National
National
National
WHO
Region
AFRO
AFRO
AFRO
Cote d'Ivoire
Ethiopia
Cameroon
Abidjan
Addis Ababa
Yaounde
Christiane Adje
Almaz Abebe
Avelin Aghokeng
KEMRI/CDC HIV Research Laboratory
National
AFRO
Kenya
Kisumu
Clement Zeh
Bacteriology-Virology UTH A Le Dantec
National
AFRO
Senegal
Dakar
National
AMRO
Brazil
National
SEARO
National
Laboratory Name/Institution
Type
RETRO CI
HIV and Other Viral Disease Research, EHNRI
IMPM-IRD/CREMER
IH
IH
VS
Specimen
type
plasma
plasma
plasma
Unit cost
(USD)
87
110
207
VS
IH
plasma
plasma
227
120
VS
plasma
155
Rio de
Janeiro
Coumba Toure
Kane
Jose Carlos Couto
Fernandez
VS
TG
plasma
plasma
-
India
Chennai
Luke Hanna
VS
plasma
380
SEARO
India
Pune
VS
IH†
plasma
plasma
380
180
National
SEARO
Thailand
Nonthaburi
IH
plasma
40
National
SEARO
Thailand
Bangkok
Ramesh
Paranjape
Siriphan Saengaroon
Ruengpung
Sutthent
VS
plasma
-
National
WPRO
China
Beijing
Shao Yiming
VS
TG
IH
plasma
plasma
plasma
280
280
55
National
WPRO
China
Shanghai
Ping Zhong
IH
plasma
70
National
WPRO
China
Shenyang
Hong Shang
IH
plasma
317
Regional
AFRO
South Africa
Johannesburg
Lynn Morris
IH
plasma
200
Regional
AFRO
Uganda
Entebbe
Pontiano Kaleebu
IH
plasma
200
Regional
AMRO
Martinique
Fort de
France
Georges Dos
Santos
TG
plasma
220
Regional
WPRO
Australia
Melbourne
Adele Lee-Wriede
IH
plasma
150
CLS Genotyping Laboratory, Johannesburg General
Hospital
Regional
affiliated
VS
plasma
460
AFRO
South Africa
Johannesburg
Wendy Stevens
IH†
plasma
180
AIDS Research Program-Immunology Reference
Laboratory
Regional
affiliated
AMRO
Puerto Rico
Ponce
Yasuhiro
Yamamura
NSW State Reference Laboratory for HIV and
Molecular Diagnostic Medicine
Regional
affiliated
WPRO
Australia
Sydney
Philip Cunningham
National Laboratory for HIV Genetics, PHAC
Specialized
AMRO
Canada
Ottawa
James Brooks
TG
IH
TG
VS
VS
IH
plasma
plasma
plasma
plasma
plasma
plasma
250
50
350
250
165
70
Laboratory of AIDS and Molecular Immunology,
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - FIOCRUZ
Department of Clinical Research Tuberculosis
Research Centre (ICMR)
National AIDS Research Institute, Indian Council of
Medical Research
National Institute of Health, Department of Medical
Sciences
Dept Microbiology, Siriraj Hospital
Division of Research on Virology and Immunology
(DRVI), NCAIDS, Chinese Center for Disease Control
and Prevention
Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and
Prevention
Key Laboratory of Immunology of AIDS, Ministry of
Health
AIDS VIRUS RESEARCH UNIT, National Institute for
Communicable Diseases
MRC/UVRI Basic Sciences Laboratory
Service de Virologie Immunologie Centre Hospitalier
et Universitaire de Fort-de-France
Clinical Research Laboratory, Burnet Institute for
Medical Research and Public Health
Laboratory Name/Institution
Type
WHO
Region
Country
City
Contact name
Assay*
Specimen
type
Unit cost
(USD)
Drug Resistance Unit, International Laboratory
Branch, DGHA, CGH, CDC
Specialized
AMRO
United States
Atlanta
Chunfu Yang
VS
plasma
180
Laboratoire de Virologie, CHU
UMR145, AIDS and Associated diseases, IRD and
UM1
Department Of Virology, University Medical Center
Utrecht
Specialized
EURO
France
Bordeaux
Herve Fleury
IH
IH
plasma/DBS
plasma
50
77
Specialized
EURO
France
Montpellier
Martine Peeters
IH
plasma/DBS
129/155
Specialized
EURO
Netherlands
Utrecht
Rob Schuurman
IH†
plasma
245
Infectious Diseases Department. Hospital Carlos III
Specialized
EURO
Spain
Madrid
Carmen de
Mendoza
TG
VS
plasma
plasma
174
174
Health Protection Agency
Specialized
EURO
United
Kingdom
London
Pat Cane
IH
plasma
325
*TG: TruGene; VS: ViroSeq; IH: in-house
†assay validation in progress