Use of a prequalification panel for rapid scale-up of high-throughput HIV viral load testing

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4083-4086

  Scott, Lesley E ^a   Carmona, Sergio ^a,b   Gous, Natasha ^a   Horsfield, Pamela ^a   MacKay, Melanie ^c   Stevens, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c Clinical Laboratory Services   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MATERIALS HANDLING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCALE UP; SCREENING TEST; SOUTH AFRICA; STAFF TRAINING; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VIRUS EXAMINATION; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DRUG MONITORING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84869221042     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01355-12     Document Type: Article

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