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Can HIV reverse transcriptase activity assay be a low-cost alternative for viral load monitoring in resource-limited settings?

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the performance and cost of an HIV reverse transcriptase-enzyme activity (HIV-RT) assay in comparison to an HIV-1 RNA assay for routine viral load monitoring in resource limited settings. DESIGN: A cohort-based longitudinal study. SETTING: Two antiretroviral therapy (ART) cent...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Soham, Palchaudhuri, Riya, Neogi, Ujjwal, Srinivasa, Hiresave, Ashorn, Per, De Costa, Ayesha, Källander, Clas, Shet, Anita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4735141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26817634
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008795