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Effect of storage conditions of dried plasma and blood spots on HIV-1 RNA quantification and PCR amplification for drug resistance genotyping.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2010
Monleau Marjorie, Butel Christelle, Delaporte Eric, Boillot Francois, Peeters Martine
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OBJECTIVES: Dried blood spots (DBS) and dried plasma spots (DPS) are easy to collect and store, and have been successfully tested as an alternative to plasma for performing virological analyses. Adequate storage conditions still need to be established and cell-associated proviral DNA in DBS can contribute to the amplified products. We evaluated these two parameters. METHODS: Residual samples from 34...
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