Design and implementation of an external quality assessment program for HIV viral load measurements using dried blood spots

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 964-966

  Prach, Lisa M ^a   Puren, Adrian ^b,c   Lippman, Sheri A ^a   Carmona, Sergio ^c   Stephenson, Sophie ^a   Cutler, Ewalde ^b,c   Barnhart, Scott ^d   Liegler, Teri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RAPID TEST; SOUTH AFRICA; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD; BLOOD; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

VIRUS RNA;

BLOOD; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84923327792     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02698-14     Document Type: Article

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