Point of care testing of HIV in children younger than 18 months with three different HIV virological assays. Experience from a district hospital in a resource-limited setting

Point of care testing of HIV in children younger than 18 months with three different HIV virological assays. Experience from a district hospital in a resource-limited setting

Diagnosis of HIV in children younger than 18 months can be challenging in developing countries because requires the use of HIV virological tests. In this study we describe the experience with three commercial assays, HIV- 1 DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (Roche Amplicor 1.5) with dried blood sp...

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Main Authors: Gerardo Alvarez-Uria, Jose M. Azcona, Srinivasulu Reddy, Manoranjan Midde, Praveen K. Naik, N. Raghuprakash Reddy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-04-01
Series:Microbiology Research
Subjects:
HIV
Pediatrics
Diagnosis
Polymerase Chain Reaction.
Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/mr/article/view/3857

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