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Evaluation of the performance of Abbott m2000 and Roche COBAS Ampliprep/COBAS Taqman assays for HIV-1 viral load determination using dried blood spots and dried plasma spots in Kenya

BACKGROUND: Routine HIV viral load testing is not widely accessible in most resource-limited settings, including Kenya. To increase access to viral load testing, alternative sample types like dried blood spots (DBS), which overcome the logistic barriers associated with plasma separation and cold cha...

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Autores principales: Zeh, Clement, Ndiege, Kenneth, Inzaule, Seth, Achieng, Rebecca, Williamson, John, Chih-Wei Chang, Joy, Ellenberger, Dennis, Nkengasong, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5473550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28622370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179316