Dry Blood Spots a Reliable Method for Measurement of Hepatitis B Viral Load in Resource-Limited Settings

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) quantification is essential in the management of chronic hepatitis B, both to determine treatment eligibility and in the monitoring of treatment effect. This test, however, is rarely available in resource-limited settings due to high costs and stringent requirements for shipm...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2016-11, Vol.11 (11), p.e0166201-e0166201
Hauptverfasser:	Stene-Johansen, Kathrine, Yaqoob, Nadeem, Overbo, Joakim, Aberra, Hanna, Desalegn, Hailemichael, Berhe, Nega, Johannessen, Asgeir
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Africa Ambient temperature Analysis Antiretroviral drugs Antiviral agents Biology and Life Sciences Blood Blood - virology Blood Specimen Collection - methods Deoxyribonucleic acid Desiccation - methods DNA Feasibility studies Gastroenterology Health Resources Hepatitis Hepatitis B Hepatitis B - blood Hepatitis B - virology Hepatitis B virus Hepatitis B virus - isolation & purification Hepatology HIV Hospitals Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Infections Interferon Laboratories Liver cancer Low income groups Measurement Medicine and Health Sciences Methods Monitoring Patients Plasma - virology Public health Research and Analysis Methods Sensitivity and Specificity Specimen Handling - methods Storage Temperature Tropical diseases Viral Load - methods Virology Viruses
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