Comparison of Alere q whole blood viral load with DBS and plasma viral load in the classification of HIV virological failure

• Aabida Khan ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: aabida.khan@nhls.ac.za

  Current address: Department of Virology Kwa-Zulu Natal, National Health Laboratory Service and University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban, South Africa

  Affiliation Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town and National Health Laboratory Service, Cape Town, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8738-1867

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• Lucia Hans,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Haematology and Molecular Medicine, University of Witwatersrand and National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Nei-yuan Hsiao

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town and National Health Laboratory Service, Cape Town, South Africa

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