Dried Blood Spots Perform Well in Viral Load Monitoring of Patients Who Receive Antiretroviral Treatment in Rural Tanzania | Zendy

Asgeir Johannessen | Zendy; Carmen Garrido | Zendy; Natalia Zahonero | Zendy; Leiv Sandvik | Zendy; Ezra Naman | Zendy; Sokoine Kivuyo | Zendy; Mabula Kasubi | Zendy; Svein Gunnar Gundersen | Zendy; Johan N. Bruun | Zendy; Carmen de Mendoza | Zendy

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Dried Blood Spots Perform Well in Viral Load Monitoring of Patients Who Receive Antiretroviral Treatment in Rural Tanzania

Author(s) -

Asgeir Johannessen,

Carmen Garrido,

Natalia Zahonero,

Leiv Sandvik,

Ezra Naman,

Sokoine Kivuyo,

Mabula Kasubi,

Svein Gunnar Gundersen,

Johan N. Bruun,

Carmen de Mendoza

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/605502

Subject(s) - viral load , tanzania , dried blood , medicine , antiretroviral therapy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , dried blood spot , immunology , chemistry , environmental science , chromatography , environmental planning

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.

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