Identification of HIV-1 infected infants and young children using real-time RT PCR and dried blood spots from Uganda and Cameroon

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 109-114

  Ou, Chin Yih ^a   Yang, Hua ^a   Balinandi, Steven ^b   Sawadogo, Souleymane ^a   Shanmugam, Vedapuri ^a   Tih, Pius M ^d   Adje Toure, Christiane ^c   Tancho, Sam ^d   Ya, Leonard Kouadio ^c   Bulterys, Marc ^e   Downing, Robert ^b   Nkengasong, John N ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CDC Uganda   (Uganda)

^c Project RETRO CI   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Board   (Cameroon)

^e CDC Zambia   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Dried blood spots; Human immunodeficiency virus; Pediatric diagnosis; Real time RT PCR

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UGANDA; VIRUS DETECTION;

CAMEROON; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 34547107373     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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