Systematic review of the use of dried blood spots for monitoring HIV viral load and for early infant diagnosis.

Systematic review of the use of dried blood spots for monitoring HIV viral load and for early infant diagnosis.

<h4>Background</h4>Dried blood spots (DBS) have been used as alternative specimens to plasma to increase access to HIV viral load (VL) monitoring and early infant diagnosis (EID) in remote settings. We systematically reviewed evidence on the performance of DBS compared to plasma for VL m...

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Main Authors: Pieter W Smit, Kimberly A Sollis, Susan Fiscus, Nathan Ford, Marco Vitoria, Shaffiq Essajee, David Barnett, Ben Cheng, Suzanne M Crowe, Thomas Denny, Alan Landay, Wendy Stevens, Vincent Habiyambere, Joseph H Perriens, Rosanna W Peeling
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/4710c4d0994f48e6b720ae1042c31085
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