SUMMARY Rhizopus, Mucor, and Lichtheimia (formerly Absidia) species are the most
common members of the order Mucorales that cause mucormycosis, accounting for 70 to …

SUMMARY HIV diagnostics have played a central role in the remarkable progress in
identifying, staging, initiating, and monitoring infected individuals on life-saving antiretroviral …

There are inefficiencies in current approaches to monitoring patients on antiretroviral
therapy in sub-Saharan Africa. Patients typically attend clinics every 1 to 3 months for clinical …

Background Accurate routine HIV viral load testing is essential for assessing the efficacy of
antiretroviral treatment (ART) regimens and the emergence of drug resistance. While the use …

Background Dried blood spots (DBS) have been used as alternative specimens to plasma to
increase access to HIV viral load (VL) monitoring and early infant diagnosis (EID) in remote …

Worldwide, the increasingly dominant model of laboratory testing is the centralised
laboratory, in which automation of analytical processes increases, enabling the analysis of …

Molecular biology techniques are routinely used to diagnose and monitor treatment of
patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. These …

Objective: To assess technical and operational performance of a dried blood spot (DBS)-
based HIV-1 RNA service for remote healthcare facilities in a low-income country. Design: A …

Background. Monitoring of antiretroviral treatment (ART) with human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) viral loads, as recommended in industrialized countries, is rarely available in resource …

Dried blood spots (DBS) can be used in develo** countries to alleviate the logistic
constraints of using blood plasma specimens for viral load (VL) and HIV drug resistance …