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HIV-1 drug resistance surveillance using dried whole blood spots.
Antiviral therapy - 1 Jan 2007
Bertagnolio Silvia, Soto-Ramirez Luis, Pilon Richard, Rodriguez Roberto, Viveros Monica, Fuentes Luis, Harrigan P Richard, Mo Theresa, Sutherland Don, Sandstrom Paul
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Field-friendly methods for HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) surveillance in resource-limited regions are urgently needed. Despite evidence that dried blood spots (DBS) are suitable for HIV serology, viral load and CD4+ T-cell enumeration, no study has evaluated DBS for HIVDR genotyping. We assessed the feasibility of genotyping HIV-1 from field-collected DBS stored under challenging environmental...
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