Diminished human immunodeficiency virus type 1 DNA yield from dried blood spots after storage in a humid incubator at 37°C compared to -20°C

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2945-2949

  Mitchell, Caroline ^a   Jennings, Cheryl ^c   Brambilla, Donald ^d   Aldrovandi, Grace ^f,g   Amedee, Angela Martin ^h   Beck, Ingrid ^b   Bremer, James W ^c   Coombs, Robert ^a   Decker, Don ^g   Fiscus, Susan ⁱ   Fitzgibbon, Joseph ^j   Luzuriaga, Katherine ^e   Moye, John ^k   Palumbo, Paul ^l   Reichelderfer, Patricia ^k   Somasundaran, Mohan ^e   Stevens, Wendy ^m   Frenkel, Lisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^h LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^k EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DNA EXTRACTION; HEAT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMIDITY; INCUBATOR; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK; SAMPLE;

CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA, VIRAL; HIV-1; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 53649104932     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00359-08     Document Type: Article

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