HIV-1 Viral Load Testing
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Options to Expand HIV Viral Load Testing in South Africa: Evaluation of the GeneXpert® HIV-1 Viral Load Assay
BACKGROUND Expansion of HIV viral load (VL) testing services are required to meet increased targets for monitoring patients on antiretroviral treatment. South Africa currently tests >4million VLs per annum in 16 highly centralised, automated high-throughput laboratories. The Xpert HIV-1 VL assay (Cepheid) was evaluated against in-country predicates, the Roche Cobas Taqmanv2 and Abbott HIV-1RT, ...
متن کاملMisdiagnosis of HIV infection by HIV-1 plasma viral load testing: a case series.
BACKGROUND The availability of sensitive assays for plasma HIV viral load and the trend toward earlier and more aggressive treatment of HIV infection has led to the inappropriate use of these assays as primary tools for the diagnosis of acute HIV infection. OBJECTIVE To describe limitations in the use of plasma viral load testing for the diagnosis of HIV infection. DESIGN Case series. SET...
متن کاملPlasma viral load testing in the management of HIV infection.
The polymerase chain reaction assay, branched DNA assay and nucleic acid sequence-based amplification assay quantitate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) RNA levels. Plasma viral load (PVL) testing has become a cornerstone of HIV disease management. Initiation of antiretroviral drug therapy is usually recommended when the PVL is 10,000 to 30,000 copies per mL or when CD4+ T-lymphocyte counts ar...
متن کاملPooled HIV-1 RNA viral load testing for detection of antiretroviral treatment failure in Kenyan children.
BACKGROUND Pooled viral load (VL) testing with 2 different testing strategies was evaluated as a potential cost saving method to monitor antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV-infected children receiving ART in a resource-limited setting. METHODS Archived samples collected from 250 HIV-1-infected children on first-line ART at various time points post-ART initiation were evaluated for pooled VL t...
متن کاملSubclinical Plasmodium falciparum Infection and HIV-1 Viral Load
Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 13, No. 2, February 2007 351 nationally agreed upon. This case illustrates another potential pitfall in melioidosis serodiagnosis. Most isolates express a conserved LPS antigen, which allows use of a single reference strain for determination of anti-LPS antibodies (8). However, because some strains express different LPS antigens, serologic t...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Laboratory Medicine
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1943-7730,0007-5027
DOI: 10.1309/667g-ub9v-a78x-1rpp