Article
HIV-2 Drug Resistance Genotyping from Dried Blood Spots.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 17 Dec 2020
Raugi Dana N, Nixon Robert S, Leong Sally, Faye Khadim, Diatta Jean Phillipe, Sall Fatima, Smith Robert A, Sall ElHadji Ibrahima, Malomar Jean Jacques, Seydi Moussa, Gottlieb Geoffrey S
Abstract excerpt
The treatment of HIV-2 in resource-limited settings (RLS) is complicated by the limited availability of HIV-2-active antiretroviral drugs and inadequate access to HIV-2 viral load and drug resistance testing. Dried blood spots (DBS)-based drug resistance testing, widely studied for HIV-1, has not...
Topics
- Drug Resistance, Viral
- Genotype
- HIV Infections
- HIV-2
- Humans
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear
- Senegal
- Specimen Handling
- Viral Load
