HIV viral load assays when used with whole blood perform well as a diagnostic assay for infants

Charles Kiyaga; Youyi Fong; Christopher Okiira; Grace Esther Kushemererwa; Ismail Kayongo; Iga Tadeo; Christine Namulindwa; Victor Bigira; Isaac Ssewanyana; Trevor Peter; Meg Doherty; Jilian A. Sacks; Lara Vojnov

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0268127

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HIV viral load assays when used with whole blood perform well as a diagnostic assay for infants

Charles Kiyaga ,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ckiyaga@gmail.com

Affiliation Central Public Health Laboratory, Kampala, Uganda
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Youyi Fong,

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

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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Christopher Okiira,

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

Affiliation Uganda National Health Laboratory Services, Kampala, Uganda
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Grace Esther Kushemererwa,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central Public Health Laboratory, Kampala, Uganda
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Ismail Kayongo,

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central Public Health Laboratory, Kampala, Uganda
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Iga Tadeo,

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central Public Health Laboratory, Kampala, Uganda
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Christine Namulindwa,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central Public Health Laboratory, Kampala, Uganda
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Victor Bigira,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Uganda National Health Laboratory Services, Kampala, Uganda
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Isaac Ssewanyana,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central Public Health Laboratory, Kampala, Uganda
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Trevor Peter,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinton Health Access Initiative, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Meg Doherty,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Jilian A. Sacks,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinton Health Access Initiative, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Lara Vojnov

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0488-1012

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HIV viral load assays when used with whole blood perform well as a diagnostic assay for infants

Charles Kiyaga,
Youyi Fong,
Christopher Okiira,
Grace Esther Kushemererwa,
Ismail Kayongo,
Iga Tadeo,
Christine Namulindwa,
Victor Bigira,
Isaac Ssewanyana,
Trevor Peter

Published: June 30, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268127

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