HemaSpot, a Novel Blood Storage Device for HIV-1 Drug Resistance Testing.

ABSTRACT: HemaSpot, a novel dried-blood storage filter device, was used for HIV-1 pol resistance testing in 30 fresh United States blood samples and 54 previously frozen Kenyan blood samples. Genotyping succeeded in 79% and 58% of samples, respectively, improved with shorter storage and higher viral load, and had good (86%) resistance mutation concordance to plasma.

SUBMITTER: Brooks K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4702722 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature