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- Title
Dried blood spots perform well in viral load monitoring of patients who receive antiretroviral treatment in rural Tanzania.
- Authors
Johannessen, Asgeir; Garrido, Carolina; Zahonero, Natalia; Sandvik, Leiv; Naman, Ezra; Kivuyo, Sokoine L; Kasubi, Mabula J; Gundersen, Svein G; Bruun, Johan N; de Mendoza, Carmen
- Abstract
Monitoring of antiretroviral treatment (ART) with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viral loads, as recommended in industrialized countries, is rarely available in resource-limited settings because of the high costs and stringent requirements for storage and transport of plasma. Dried blood spots (DBS) can be an alternative to plasma, but the use of DBS has not been assessed under field conditions in rural Africa. The present study investigates the performance of DBS in HIV viral load monitoring of patients who received ART in rural Tanzania.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2009, Vol 49, Issue 6, p976
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/605502