Pooled testing: A tool to increase efficiency of infant HIV diagnosis and virological monitoring

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dc.contributor.authorPreiser, Wolfgang
dc.contributor.authorVan Zyl, Gert U
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-14T08:37:33Z
dc.date.available2022-03-14T08:37:33Z
dc.date.issued2020-08
dc.description.abstractBackground: Pooled testing, or pooling, has been used for decades to efficiently diagnose relatively rare conditions, such as infection in blood donors. Programmes for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and for antiretroviral therapy (ART) are being rolled out in much of Africa and are largely successful. This increases the need for early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV using qualitative nucleic acid testing and for virological monitoring of patients on ART using viral load testing. While numbers of patients needing testing are increasing, infant HIV infections and ART failures are becoming rarer, opening an opportunity for pooled testing approaches.en_ZA
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dc.identifier.citationPreiser W, Van Zyl GU. Pooled testing: A tool to increase efficiency of infant HIV diagnosis and virological monitoring. Afr J Lab Med. 2020;9(2), a1035. https://doi. org/10.4102/ajlm.v9i2.1035
dc.identifier.issnISSN: (Online) 2225-2010, (Print) 2225-2002
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi. org/10.4102/ajlm.v9i2.1035
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/124326
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisher"Authors retains Copyright"
dc.subjectHIVen_ZA
dc.subjectantiretroviral treatmenten_ZA
dc.subjectearly infant diagnosisen_ZA
dc.subjectpooled testingen_ZA
dc.titlePooled testing: A tool to increase efficiency of infant HIV diagnosis and virological monitoringen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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