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Nucleic acid testing identifies high prevalence of blood borne viruses among approved blood donors in Mozambique

Mabunda, nédio; Augusto, orvalho; Zicai, ana flora; Duajá, ana; Oficiano, Sandra; Ismael, nalia; Vubil, adolfo; Mussá, tufária; Moraes, milton; Jani, ilesh.
PLos ONE; 17 (4), 2022
Background: Although blood transfusion is an intervention that saves lives, it poses significant risks to the blood receivers, including the transmission of bloodborne pathogens. We aimed at determining the prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B virus (HBV), and Hepatitis C virus (...
Blood Donors, DNA, Viral/blood, HIV Infections/diagnosis, HIV Infections/epidemiology, Hepatitis B/diagnosis, Hepatitis B/epidemiology, Hepatitis C/diagnosis, Hepatitis C/epidemiology, RNA, Viral/blood, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Mozambique/epidemiology
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Evaluation of the Whole-Blood Alere Q NAT Point-of-Care RNA Assay for HIV-1 Viral Load Monitoring in a Primary Health Care Setting in Mozambique

Jani, ilesh, v; Meggi, bindiya; Vubil, adolfo; Bhatt, nilesh; Tobaiwa, ocean; Quevedo, jorge, i; Loquiha, osvaldo; Lehe, jonathan, d; Vojnov, lara; Peter, trevor, f.
J. clin. microbiol; 54 (4), 2016
Viral load testing is the WHO-recommended monitoring assay for patients on HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART). Point-of-care (POC) assays may help improve access to viral load testing in resource-limited settings. We compared the performance of the Alere Q NAT POC viral load technology (Alere Technologies,...
HIV Infections/virology, Primary Health Care, Mozambique, Primary Health Care/methods, Drug Monitoring/methods, HIV Infections/therapy, RNA, Viral/blood, Sensitivity and Specificity, Viral Load/methods
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