Affordable Point-of-Care Viral RNA Specimen Processing for Low-Resource Settings
PATH conducted a detailed cost analysis in Nicaragua to understand the costs of each step required to perform viral load testing, beginning at the patient’s house and continuing to when the viral load testing result is actually communicated back to the patient’s antiretroviral therapy care provider. Using this information, PATH has developed a low-cost technology to extract HIV viral RNA at the point of care and stabilize it, removing the need for cold chain preservation of the specimen. Presented at: AACC 42nd Annual Oak Ridge Conference, April 22, 2010; San Jose, CA.
Publication date: April 2010
Affordable Point-of-Care Viral RNA Specimen Processing for Low-Resource Settings (poster)
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