Dried blood spot specimen quality and validation of a new pre-analytical processing method for qualitative HIV-1 PCR, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Background: Poor quality dried blood spot (DBS) specimens are usually rejected by virology laboratories, affecting early infant diagnosis of HIV. The practice of combining two incompletely-filled DBS in one specimen preparation tube during pre-analytical specimen processing (i.e., the two-spot metho...

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Main Authors: Kerusha Govender (Author), Raveen Parboosing (Author), Ntombizandile Siyaca (Author), Pravikrishnen Moodley (Author)
Format: Book
Published: AOSIS, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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