Accurate dried blood spots collection in the community using non-medically trained personnel could support scaling up routine viral load testing in resource limited settings.

Accurate dried blood spots collection in the community using non-medically trained personnel could support scaling up routine viral load testing in resource limited settings.

Regular plasma HIV-RNA testing for persons living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is now the global standard, but as many as 60% of persons in Africa today on ART do not have access to standard laboratory HIV-RNA assays. As a result, patients in Zambia often receive treatment without any me...

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Main Authors: Kombatende Sikombe, Cardinal Hantuba, Kalo Musukuma, Anjali Sharma, Nancy Padian, Charles Holmes, Nancy Czaicki, Sandra Simbeza, Paul Somwe, Carolyn Bolton-Moore, Izukanji Sikazwe, Elvin Geng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223573

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223573

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