Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 4-7 , January 2010

Correlation between HIV-1 viral load quantification in plasma, dried blood spots, and dried plasma spots using the Roche COBAS Taqman assay

  • Mauro Andreotti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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  • Maria Pirillo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
    • Equally contributing to the work.
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  • Giovanni Guidotti

      Affiliations

    • DREAM Program, Community of S. Egidio, Rome, Italy
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  • Susanna Ceffa

      Affiliations

    • DREAM Program, Community of S. Egidio, Rome, Italy
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  • Giovanna Paturzo

      Affiliations

    • DREAM Program, Community of S. Egidio, Rome, Italy
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  • Paola Germano

      Affiliations

    • DREAM Program, Community of S. Egidio, Rome, Italy
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  • Richard Luhanga

      Affiliations

    • DREAM Program, Community of S. Egidio, Blantyre, Malawi
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  • David Chimwaza

      Affiliations

    • DREAM Program, Community of S. Egidio, Lilongwe, Malawi
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  • Maria Grazia Mancini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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  • Maria Cristina Marazzi

      Affiliations

    • DREAM Program, Community of S. Egidio, Rome, Italy
    • Department of Public Health, LUMSA University, Rome, Italy
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  • Stefano Vella

      Affiliations

    • Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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  • Leonardo Palombi

      Affiliations

    • DREAM Program, Community of S. Egidio, Rome, Italy
    • Department of Public Health, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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  • Marina Giuliano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 06 49903303; fax: +39 06 49387199.

Received 18 August 2009 ,Revised 4 November 2009 ,Accepted 5 November 2009.

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PII: S1386-6532(09)00547-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.11.006

Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 4-7 , January 2010

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