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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2016-02-01
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| Series: | African Journal of Laboratory Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://ajlmonline.org/index.php/ajlm/article/view/349 |