Field study to determine the reliability of HIV viral load results shows minimal impact of delayed testing in South Africa

• Hlavní autoři: Diana R. Hardie (Autor), Howard Newman (Autor), Joanna Reid (Autor), Nei-Yuan Hsiao (Autor), Gert van Zyl (Autor), Lucia Hans (Autor), Jasantha Odayar (Autor), Stephen Korsman (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: AOSIS, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Témata: article
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Background: Understanding factors that impact HIV viral load (VL) accuracy in resource-limited settings is key to quality improvement. Objective: We evaluated whether testing delay and specimen storage between 25 °C and 30 °C before testing affected results. Methods: Between November 2019 and June 2...