Screening for HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis on dried blood spots: A promising method to better reach hidden high-risk populations with self-collected sampling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Van Loo, Inge H M ^a,b   Dukers Muijrers, Nicole H T M ^c   Heuts, Rosalie ^a   Van Der Sande, Marianne A B ^d,e,f   Hoebe, Christian J P A ^a,b,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SELF COLLECTED SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VEIN PUNCTURE; BLOOD; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEPATITIS B; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85031784650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186722     Document Type: Article

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