Systematic review of the performance and clinical utility of point of care HIV-1 RNA testing for diagnosis and care.

Systematic review of the performance and clinical utility of point of care HIV-1 RNA testing for diagnosis and care.

<h4>Background</h4>Point of-care (POC) HIV-1 RNA tests which are accurate and easy to use with limited infrastructure are needed in resource-limited settings (RLS). We systematically reviewed evidence of POC test performance compared to laboratory-based HIV-1 RNA assays and the potential...

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Main Authors: Clara A Agutu, Caroline J Ngetsa, Matt A Price, Tobias F Rinke de Wit, Gloria Omosa-Manyonyi, Eduard J Sanders, Susan M Graham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218369

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