Feasibility of a novel self-collection method for blood samples and its acceptability for future home-based PrEP monitoring
Abstract Background Most non-clinic based HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programs require fingersticks to self-collect blood specimens for laboratory monitoring, a technique that often results in inadequate blood volume for quantitative syphilis and HIV serological testing. We evaluated the acc...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-05-01
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Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07432-0 |