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Human immunodeficiency virus serotyping on dried serum spots as a screening tool for the surveillance of the AIDS epidemic
1 Jan 2006
Abstract excerpt
Many studies have demonstrated the utility of the dried blood spot (DBS) or dried plasma/serum spot (DSS) method for serological and molecular diagnosis of HIV infection. Here, we report on the description of a serotyping assay performed on DSS, and its application to a national surveillance program of HIV variants. We combined serotyping assays that we developed previously to discriminate between HIV-1 and...
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