Comparative effectiveness of dried plasma HIV-1 viral load testing in Brazil using ViveST for sample collection

Abstract Background Utilization of dried plasma for HIV-1 viral load testing would significantly decrease sample shipping costs. Objectives To describe the precision and reproducibility of ViveST® (ST) as a transportation method for shipping specimens for HIV-1 viral load (VL) testing. Study design...

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Published in:Journal of clinical virology 2010-12, Vol.49 (4), p.245-248
Main Authors: Zanoni, Michelle, Cortes, Rodrigo, Diaz, Ricardo S, Sucupira, M. Cecilia, Ferreira, Denise, Inocencio, Lilian A, Vilhena, Cintia, Loveday, Clive, Lloyd, R.M, Holodniy, M
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Language:English
Subjects:
Allergy and Immunology
Biological and medical sciences
Brazil
Desiccation
Dried blood
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
HIV
HIV Infections - diagnosis
HIV Infections - virology
HIV-1 - isolation & purification
Human immunodeficiency virus 1
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infectious Disease
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Microbiology
Miscellaneous
Plasma - virology
Reproducibility of Results
Sample collection
Specimen Handling - methods
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
Viral load
Viral Load - methods
Virology
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Summary:Abstract Background Utilization of dried plasma for HIV-1 viral load testing would significantly decrease sample shipping costs. Objectives To describe the precision and reproducibility of ViveST® (ST) as a transportation method for shipping specimens for HIV-1 viral load (VL) testing. Study design Thirty clinical plasma samples were used to generate replicate samples with HIV VL values of 4 log10 , 3 log10 and 2 log10 copies/mL for reproducibility testing and an additional 299 samples with HIV VL
ISSN:1386-6532
1873-5967
DOI:10.1016/j.jcv.2010.08.017