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Early infant diagnosis of HIV-1 infection in Luanda, Angola, using a new DNA PCR assay and dried blood spots

BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis and treatment reduces HIV-1-related mortality, morbidity and size of viral reservoirs in infants infected perinatally. Commercial molecular tests enable the early diagnosis of infection in infants but the high cost and low sensitivity with dried blood spots (DBS) limit th...

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Autores principales: Martin, Francisco, Palladino, Claudia, Mateus, Rita, Bolzan, Anna, Gomes, Perpétua, Brito, José, Carvalho, Ana Patrícia, Cardoso, Yolanda, Domingos, Cristovão, Lôa Clemente, Vanda Sofia, Taveira, Nuno
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/PMC5513534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28715460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181352