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Use of dried-blood-spot samples and in-house assays to identify antiretroviral drug resistance in HIV-infected children in resource-constrained settings.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2011
Ziemniak Carrie, Mengistu Yohannes, Ruff Andrea, Chen Ya-Hui, Khaki Leila, Bedri Abubaker, Simen Birgitte B, Palumbo Paul, Eshleman Susan H, Persaud Deborah
Abstract excerpt
Monitoring HIV drug resistance is an important component of the World Health Organization's global HIV program. HIV drug resistance testing is optimal with commercially available clinically validated test kits using plasma; however, that type of testing may not be feasible or affordable in resource-constrained settings. HIV genotyping from dried blood spots (DBS) with noncommercial (in-house) assays may...
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