Finger-prick blood samples can be used interchangeably with venous samples for CD4 cell counting indicating their potential for use in CD4 rapid tests

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1643-1645

  MacLennan, Calman A ^a,b,c   Van Oosterhout, Joep J G ^a   White, Sarah A ^a,c   Drayson, Mark T ^b   Zijlstra, Eduard E ^a   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34447579879     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32823bcb03     Document Type: Article

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