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Title: | HemaSpot, a Novel Blood Storage Device for HIV-1 Drug Resistance Testing |
Authors: | Diero, Larmick |
Keywords: | Drug Resistance Testing |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Publisher: | Crossmark |
Abstract: | D rug resistance is a major challenge to sustained treatment success, particularly in resource-limited settings (RLS) with few antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens and limited access to virologic monitoring and drug resistance testing (DRT) ( 1 , 2 ). Availability of these tests is restricted mostly due to cost and ex- pertise. HemaSpot is a novel dried-blood storage device that combines an absorbent paper to hold samples and a desiccant to maintain dryness, within a plastic cartridge (Spot On Sciences, Austin, TX). To date, HemaSpots had only been applied to Leishmania diagno- sis via antibody detection in dogs, showing high sensitivity and specificity ( 3 ). We examine the potential of HemaSpot use for HIV-1 DR |
URI: | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/3174 |
Appears in Collections: | School of Medicine |
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