Finger prick dried blood spots for HIV viral load measurement in field conditions in Zimbabwe

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Mavedzenge, Sue Napierala ^a   Davey, Calum ^b   Chirenje, Tarisai ^c   Mushati, Phyllis ^c   Mtetwa, Sibongile ^c   Dirawo, Jeffrey ^c   Mudenge, Boniface ^d   Phillips, Andrew ^e   Cowan, Frances M ^c,e  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR SEXUAL HEALTH AND HIV AIDS RESEARCH   (Zimbabwe)

^d Flowcytometry Laboratory   (Zimbabwe)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRICK TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; DESICCATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; SEROLOGY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIROLOGY; ZIMBABWE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DESICCATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIRAL LOAD; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84930615186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126878     Document Type: Article

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