Browsing by Author "Smit, Pieter W"

Now showing items 1-2 of 2

Systematic review of the performance of HIV viral load technologies on plasma samples.

Sollis, Kimberly A; Smit, Pieter W; Fiscus, Susan; Ford, Nathan; Vitoria, Marco; Essajee, Shaffiq; Barnett, David; ... (15 authors) (PLoS One, 2014)

BACKGROUND: Viral load (VL) monitoring is the standard of care in developing country settings for detecting HIV treatment failure. Since 2010 the World Health Organization has recommended a phase-in approach to VL monitoring ...
Systematic review of the use of dried blood spots for monitoring HIV viral load and for early infant diagnosis.

Smit, Pieter W; Sollis, Kimberly A; Fiscus, Susan; Ford, Nathan; Vitoria, Marco; Essajee, Shaffiq; Barnett, David; ... (15 authors) (PLoS One, 2014)

BACKGROUND: Dried blood spots (DBS) have been used as alternative specimens to plasma to increase access to HIV viral load (VL) monitoring and early infant diagnosis (EID) in remote settings. We systematically reviewed evidence ...