Measure of viral load by using the Abbott real-time HIV-1 assay on dried blood and plasma spot specimens collected in 2 rural dispensaries in Cameroon

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-16

  Mbida, André Dieudonné ^a   Sosso, Samuel ^b   Flori, Pierre ^c   Saoudin, Henia ^c   Lawrence, Philip ^c   Monny Lobé, Marcel ^b   Oyono, Yves ^a   Ndzi, Edward ^a   Cappelli, Giulia ^b   Lucht, Frédéric ^c   Pozzetto, Bruno ^c   Oukem Boyer, Odile Ouwe Missi ^b   Bourlet, Thomas ^c,d  

^a Inst Rech Med d'Etud Plantes M   (Cameroon)

^b Chantai Biya International Center for Research and Prevention of HIV/AIDS (CIRCB)   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

Dried blood spots; Dried plasma spots; HIV 1; Real time PCR; Resource limited settings; Viral load

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549092055     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181aeccbc     Document Type: Article

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