Viral-load point-of-care technologies to achieve an AIDS-free generation

Future Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 5-9

  Cogswell, Heather A ^a   Ohadi, Elizabeth ^a   Avila, Carlos ^a  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS free; early infant diagnosis; HIV; monitoring ART; point of care; viral load

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INVESTMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRUS LOAD; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DRUG MONITORING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DRUG MONITORING; HIV; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84952683428     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.15.121     Document Type: Review

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