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Expanding Access to HIV Viral Load Testing: A Systematic Review of RNA Stability in EDTA Tubes and PPT beyond Current Time and Temperature Thresholds

BACKGROUND: HIV viral load (VL) testing is the gold standard for antiretroviral treatment monitoring, but many barriers exist to VL testing in resource-limited settings, including storage and transport limitations for whole blood and plasma. Data from various studies indicate that HIV RNA is stable...

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Autores principales: Bonner, Kimberly, Siemieniuk, Reed A., Boozary, Andrew, Roberts, Teri, Fajardo, Emmanuel, Cohn, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4249975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25437009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113813