A protocol for feasibility of plasma based GeneXpert platform and Dried Blood Spot (DBS) based Abbott platform for HIV-1 viral load testing among the people living with HIV attending ART centers in India.

A protocol for feasibility of plasma based GeneXpert platform and Dried Blood Spot (DBS) based Abbott platform for HIV-1 viral load testing among the people living with HIV attending ART centers in India.

<h4>Background</h4>HIV-1 Viral load (VL) measures efficiency of the antiretroviral therapy (ART) after treatment initiation and helps to diagnose virological failures at an early stage. Current VL assays require sophisticated laboratory facilities. As well as there are other challenges p...

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Main Authors: Suchit Kamble, Pallavi Shidhaye, Anupam Mukherjee, Madhuri Tak, Shilpa Bembalkar, Sumit Aggarwal, Arpita Deb, Neha Kapoor, Vinita Verma, Chinmoyee Das, Smita Kulkarni, Manisha Ghate, Sheela Godbole
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285942

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285942

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