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Virologie. Volume 15, Number 6, 395-400, Novembre-Décembre 2011, note technique

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Author(s) : Frédéric Ohnona, Daniela Moisi, Ilinca Ibanescu, Thibault Mesplède, Bluma G. Brenner, Mark A. Wainberg

Summary : As part of a program for HIV-1 detection in the gay community of Montreal, blood sampling on “FTA Classic” papers (DBS “dried blood spot”) has been tested and validated. It turns out to be sensitive (up to 1 000 copies of proviral DNA/mL) and reliable. Thus, this approach should be considered when a blood sampling is subject to various constraints.

Keywords : dried blood spot (DBS), rapid test, HIV diagnosis, proviral DNA, genotyping