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

• Main Authors: Marjorie Monleau, Avelin F. Aghokeng, Sabrina Eymard-Duvernay, Anoumou Dagnra, Dramane Kania, Nicole Ngo-Giang-Huong, Coumba Touré-Kane, Lien X.T. Truong, Marie Laure Chaix, Eric Delaporte, Ahidjo Ayouba, Martine Peeters
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84893142563&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/53764
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Dried blood spots (DBS) can be used in developing countries to alleviate the logistic constraints of using blood plasma specimens for viral load (VL) and HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) testing, but they should be assessed under field conditions. Between 2009 and 2011, we collected paired plasma-DBS sam...