Feasibility of performing multiple point of care testing for HIV anti-retroviral treatment initiation and monitoring from multiple or single fingersticks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Gous, Natasha ^a   Scott, Lesley ^a   Potgieter, Joachim ^b,c   Ntabeni, Lumka ^b,c   Enslin, Sharon ^b,c   Newman, Ronel ^b,c   Stevens, Wendy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD5 ANTIGEN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FINGERSTICK BLOOD SAMPLING; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NURSE; PATIENT MONITORING; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOUTH AFRICA; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIGENS, CD4; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBINS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84893178207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085265     Document Type: Article

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