Open AccessPooled Nucleic Acid Testing to Detect Antiretroviral Treatment Failure in Mexico
Author(s) -
Myres W. Tilghman,
Don Diego Guerena,
Alexei F. Licea-Navarro,
Josué Pérez-Santiago,
Douglas D. Richman,
Susanne May,
Davey M. Smith
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e3181ff63d7
Subject(s) - viral load , pooling , medicine , viremia , cohort , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , computer science , artificial intelligence
Similar to other resource-limited settings, cost restricts availability of viral load monitoring for most patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Tijuana, Mexico. We evaluated if a pooling method could improve efficiency and reduce costs while maintaining accuracy.