Current and future applications of dried blood spots in viral disease management

Antiviral Research

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 309-321

  Snijdewind, Ingrid J M ^a   Van Kampen, Jeroen J A ^a   Fraaij, Pieter L A ^a   Van der Ende, Marchina E ^a   Osterhaus, Albert D M E ^a   Gruters, Rob A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DBS; ELISA; Genotyping; Guthrie cards; PCR; Virus

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS DNA;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOUBLE ANTIBODY SANDWICH ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN;

BLOOD; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

DENGUE VIRUS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; RUBELLA; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 84856295001     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: 18729096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2011.12.011     Document Type: Review

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