Dried Blood Spots for Viral Load Monitoring in Malawi: Feasible and Effective

Prospective Evaluation of Diagnostic Accuracy of Dried Blood Spots from Finger Prick Samples for Determination of HIV-1 Load with the NucliSENS Easy-Q HIV-1 Version 2.0 Assay in Malawi

(2014) E. Fajardo et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Systematic Review of the Use of Dried Blood Spots for Monitoring HIV Viral Load and for Early Infant Diagnosis

(2014) Pieter W. Smit et al.   PLoS One

Viral suppression after 12 months of antiretroviral therapy in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

(2013) James H McMahon et al.   BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

High Rate of HIV Resuppression After Viral Failure on First-line Antiretroviral Therapy in the Absence of Switch to Second-line Therapy

(2013) Ravindra K. Gupta et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Validation of a Clinical Prediction Score to Target Viral Load Testing in Adults With Suspected First-Line Treatment Failure in Resource-Constrained Settings

(2013) Vichet Phan et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

Pooled HIV-1 Viral Load Testing Using Dried Blood Spots to Reduce the Cost of Monitoring Antiretroviral Treatment in a Resource-Limited Setting

(2013) Pieter Pannus et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

Evaluation of Quantification of HIV-1 RNA Viral Load in Plasma and Dried Blood Spots by Use of the Semiautomated Cobas Amplicor Assay and the Fully Automated Cobas Ampliprep/TaqMan Assay, Version 2.0, in Kisumu, Kenya

(2013) K. N. Ouma et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Field Evaluation of Dried Blood Spots for Routine HIV-1 Viral Load and Drug Resistance Monitoring in Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Africa and Asia

(2013) M. Monleau et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Systematic Review of HIV Transmission between Heterosexual Serodiscordant Couples where the HIV-Positive Partner Is Fully Suppressed on Antiretroviral Therapy

(2013) Mona R. Loutfy et al.   PLoS One

Monitoring of Antiretroviral Therapy and Mortality in HIV Programmes in Malawi, South Africa and Zambia: Mathematical Modelling Study

(2013) Janne Estill et al.   PLoS One

Rates and Predictors of Failure of First-line Antiretroviral Therapy and Switch to Second-line ART in South Africa

(2012) Matthew P. Fox et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

Outcomes of antiretroviral treatment in programmes with and without routine viral load monitoring in southern Africa

(2011) Olivia Keiser et al.   AIDS

The causal effect of switching to second-line ART in programmes without access to routine viral load monitoring

(2011) Thomas Gsponer et al.   AIDS

Immunologic Criteria Are Poor Predictors of Virologic Outcome: Implications for HIV Treatment Monitoring in Resource-Limited Settings

(2011) H. E. Rawizza et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Low Lopinavir Plasma or Hair Concentrations Explain Second-Line Protease Inhibitor Failures in a Resource-Limited Setting

(2011) Gert Uves van Zyl et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

Unnecessary Antiretroviral Treatment Switches and Accumulation of HIV Resistance Mutations; Two Arguments for Viral Load Monitoring in Africa

(2011) Kim C E Sigaloff et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

Comparison of HIV-1 RNA Measurements Obtained by Using Plasma and Dried Blood Spots in the Automated Abbott Real-Time Viral Load Assay

(2011) M. Arredondo et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Prevention of HIV-1 Infection with Early Antiretroviral Therapy

(2011) Myron S. Cohen et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Seven-year experience of a primary care antiretroviral treatment programme in Khayelitsha, South Africa

(2010) Andrew Boulle et al.   AIDS

Virological follow-up of adult patients in antiretroviral treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

(2010) Roos E Barth et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Early Adherence to Antiretroviral Medication as a Predictor of Long-Term HIV Virological Suppression: Five-Year Follow Up of an Observational Cohort

(2010) Nathan Ford et al.   PLoS One

Mortality after failure of antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa

(2010) Olivia Keiser et al.   TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

The public health approach to identify antiretroviral therapy failure: high-level nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor resistance among Malawians failing first-line antiretroviral therapy

(2009) Mina C Hosseinipour et al.   AIDS

Failure of immunologic criteria to appropriately identify antiretroviral treatment failure in Uganda

(2009) Steven J Reynolds et al.   AIDS

High Frequency of Clinically Significant Mutations after First‐Line Generic Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Failure: Implications for Second‐Line Options in Resource‐Limited Settings

(2009) N. Kumarasamy et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

High Frequency of Antiretroviral Drug Resistance among HIV‐Infected Adults Receiving First‐Line Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in N’Djamena, Chad

(2009) Donato Koyalta et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Dried Blood Spots Perform Well in Viral Load Monitoring of Patients Who Receive Antiretroviral Treatment in Rural Tanzania

(2009) Asgeir Johannessen et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Virological monitoring and resistance to first-line highly active antiretroviral therapy in adults infected with HIV-1 treated under WHO guidelines: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2009) Ravindra K Gupta et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Diagnosis of antiretroviral therapy failure in Malawi: poor performance of clinical and immunological WHO criteria

(2009) Joep J.G. van Oosterhout et al.   TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

Evaluation of the WHO criteria for antiretroviral treatment failure among adults in South Africa

(2008) Paul Mee et al.   AIDS

Prevalence of HIV‐1 Drug Resistance after Failure of a First Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Regimen in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

(2008) Vincent C. Marconi et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

CD4+ T-Cell Count Monitoring Does Not Accurately Identify HIV-Infected Adults With Virologic Failure Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy

(2008) David M Moore et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

Viraemia and HIV-1 drug resistance mutations among patients receiving antiretroviral treatment in Mozambique

(2008) F. Maldonado et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE