Performance of a Novel Low-Cost, Instrument-Free Plasma Separation Device for HIV Viral Load Quantification and Determination of Treatment Failure in People Living with HIV in Malaysia: a Diagnostic Accuracy Study

• Main Authors: Pham, Minh D., Haile, Berhan A., Azwa, Iskandar, Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, Raman, Nishaan, Saeidi, Alireza, Abdul Kahar, Maria Kahar Bador, Tan, Margaret, Zhu, Jiawei, Feng, Yi, Elliott, Julian H., Garcia, Mary L., Li, Fan, Crowe, Suzanne M., Luchters, Stanley, Anderson, David A., Tang, Yi-Wei
• Format: Article
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/23756/; https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01683-18

HIV viral load (VL) testing is the recommended method for monitoring the response of people living with HIV and receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART). The availability of standard plasma VL testing in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and access to this testing, are limited by the need to u...