Monitoring the quality of HIV-1 viral load testing through a proficiency testing program using dried tube specimens in resource-limited settings

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1129-1136

  Nguyen, Shon ^a   Ramos, Artur ^a   Chang, Joy ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Shanmugam, Vedapuri ^a   Boeras, Debrah ^a   Nkengasong, John N ^a   Yang, Chunfu ^a   Ellenberger, Dennis ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DRIED TUBE SPECIMEN; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HIV 1 VIRUS LOAD TEST; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERIALS HANDLING; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROLOGY TEST KIT; VIRUS LOAD; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENETICS; HIV INFECTIONS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84925273312     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02780-14     Document Type: Article

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