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

Dried Blood Spot Specimens Are a Suitable Alternative Sample Type for HIV-1 Viral Load Measurement and Drug Resistance Genotyping in Patients Receiving First-Line Antiretroviral Therapy

(2012) E. K. Rottinghaus et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Dried blood spots versus plasma for the quantitation of HIV-1 RNA using a real-Time PCR, m2000rt assay

(2012) Madhavan Vidya et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGICAL METHODS

Impact of Six-week Viral Load on Mortality in HIV-infected Zimbabwean Infants

(2012) Kuda Mutasa et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Implementation of HIV Early Infant Diagnosis and HIV Type 1 RNA Viral Load Determination on Dried Blood Spots in Cameroon: Challenges and Propositions

(2011) Céline Nguefeu Nkenfou et al.   AIDS RESEARCH AND HUMAN RETROVIRUSES

Quantification of HIV-RNA from dried blood spots using the Siemens VERSANT(R) HIV-1 RNA (kPCR) assay

(2011) M. F. Pirillo et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

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

RNA versus DNA (NucliSENS EasyQ HIV-1 v1.2 versus Amplicor HIV-1 DNA Test v1.5) for Early Diagnosis of HIV-1 Infection in Infants in Senegal

(2011) K. Kébé et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

HIV contamination of commercial PCR enzymes raises the importance of quality control of low-cost in-house genotypic HIV drug resistance tests

(2010) Marjorie Monleau et al.   ANTIVIRAL THERAPY

Early diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection in infants with the NucliSens EasyQ assay on dried blood spots

(2010) R.R. Lilian et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY

Universal HIV testing of infants at immunization clinics: an acceptable and feasible approach for early infant diagnosis in high HIV prevalence settings

(2009) Nigel Rollins et al.   AIDS

Evaluation of a dried blood spot HIV-1 RNA program for early infant diagnosis and viral load monitoring at rural and remote healthcare facilities

(2009) Sarah M Lofgren et al.   AIDS

Evaluation of the Abbott Real-Time HIV-1 quantitative assay with dried blood spot specimens

(2009) A. Marconi et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Correlation between Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) RNA Measurements Obtained with Dried Blood Spots and Those Obtained with Plasma by Use of Nuclisens EasyQ HIV-1 and Abbott RealTime HIV Load Tests

(2009) C. Garrido et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Correlation between HIV-1 viral load quantification in plasma, dried blood spots, and dried plasma spots using the Roche COBAS Taqman assay

(2009) Mauro Andreotti et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY

Measuring human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA loads in dried blood spot specimens using NucliSENS EasyQ HIV-1 v2.0

(2009) Peter van Deursen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY

Performance of a Novel Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Type 1 Total Nucleic Acid-Based Real-Time PCR Assay Using Whole Blood and Dried Blood Spots for Diagnosis of HIV in Infants

(2008) W. Stevens et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Quantitation of HIV-1 RNA in dried blood spots by the real-time NucliSENS EasyQ HIV-1 assay in Senegal

(2008) Coumba Toure Kane et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGICAL METHODS

Dried blood spots for the diagnosis and quantitation of HIV-1: Stability studies and evaluation of sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of infant HIV-1 infection in Thailand

(2008) W. Leelawiwat et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGICAL METHODS