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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Use of dried spots of whole blood, plasma, and mother's milk collected on filter paper for measurement of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 burden
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Volume 45, No. 3, Year 2007
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We studied the use of dried spots of bodily fluids (plasma, whole blood, and mother's milk) on filter paper as a means of sample collection and storage for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) viral load testing under stringent field conditions. Plasma placed directly in lysis buffer, which is customarily used for viral load assays, was used for comparison in all our experiments. Utilizing reconstruction experiments, we demonstrate no statistical differences between viral loads determined for plasma and mother's milk spotted on filter paper and those for the same fluids placed directly in lysis buffer. We found that the addition of whole blood directly to lysis buffer was unreliable and could not be considered a feasible option. However, viral load measurements for whole blood spotted onto filter paper correlated with plasma viral load values for both filter spots and lysis buffer (Pearson correlation coefficients, 0.7706 and 0.8155, respectively). In conclusion, dried spots of plasma, whole blood, or mother's milk provide a feasible means for the collection, storage, and shipment of samples for subsequent viral load measurement and monitoring. Virus material spotted and dried on filter paper is a good inexpensive alternative for collecting patient material to monitor the HIV-1 viral load. Measuring the HIV-1 burden from whole blood dried on filter paper provides a suitable alternative for low-technology settings with limited access to refrigeration, as can be found in siib-Safaaran Africa. Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ayele, Workenesh
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Ethio-netherlands Aids Research Project Enarp
Schuurman, Rob J.
Netherlands, Utrecht
University Medical Center Utrecht
Messele, Tsehaynesh
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Ethio-netherlands Aids Research Project Enarp
Dorigo-Zetsma, Wendelien
Netherlands, Hilversum
Ziekenhuis Hilversum
Mengistu, Yohannes
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa University
Goudsmit, Jaap
Netherlands, Leiden
Crucell nv
Paxton, William A.
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Universiteit Van Amsterdam
de Baar, Michel P.
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Primagen
Pollakis, Georgios P.
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Universiteit Van Amsterdam
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Amsterdam Umc - University of Amsterdam
Statistics
Citations: 52
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1128/JCM.01919-06
ISSN:
00951137
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases