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Cost-effectiveness of HCV case-finding for people who inject drugs via dried blood spot testing in specialist addiction services and prisons [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2013
ObjectivesPeople who inject drugs (PWID) are at high risk for acquiring hepatitis C virus (HCV), but many are unaware of their infection. HCV dried blood spot (DBS) testing increases case-finding in addiction services and prisons.
Hickman, Matthew, Hutchinson, Sharon J., Martin, Natasha K., Miners, Alec, Taylor, Avril, Vickerman, Peter   +5 more
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Detection of HIV-1 infection in dried blood spots from a 12-year-old ABO bedside test card [PDF]

, 1998
Background and Objectives: We tested dried blood from an ABO bedside test card which had been stored at room temperature for 12 years, to prove that a patient with HIV-1 infection had been infected by blood transfusion. Materials and Methods: Immunoblots
Eberle, J., Emminger, Ch., Gürtler, L., Mayer, G., Strobel, Erwin   +4 more
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Sensitive Detection of SARS-CoV-2–Specific Antibodies in Dried Blood Spot Samples

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
Dried blood spot (DBS) samples can be used for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 spike antibodies. DBS sampling is comparable to matched serum samples with a relative 98.1% sensitivity and 100% specificity.
Gabriella L. Morley, Stephen Taylor, Sian Jossi, Marisol Perez-Toledo, Sian E. Faustini, Edith Marcial-Juarez, Adrian M. Shields, Margaret Goodall, Joel D. Allen, Yasunori Watanabe, Maddy L. Newby, Max Crispin, Mark T. Drayson, Adam F. Cunningham, Alex G. Richter, Matthew K. O’Shea   +15 more
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Optimization and Stability Testing of Four Commercially Available Dried Blood Spot Devices for Estimating Measles and Rubella IgG Antibodies

mSphere, 2021
Dried blood spot (DBS) collection offers various advantages over conventional methods of blood collection, especially when collecting and transporting samples for a serosurvey.
Ojas Kaduskar, Vaishali Bhatt, Christine Prosperi, Kyla Hayford, Alvira Z. Hasan, Gururaj Rao Deshpande, Bipin Tilekar, Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj, Muthusamy Santhosh Kumar, Nivedita Gupta, Manoj V. Murhekar, William J. Moss, Sanjay M. Mehendale, Lucky Sangal, Gajanan Sapkal   +14 more
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Determination of Biotinidase Enzyme Levels in Umbilical Cord Blood and Comparisons with Dried Blood Spot Testing in Newborns [PDF]

Journal of Pediatric Research
Aim: Biotinidase deficiency (BD) is an autosomal recessive inherited metabolic disorder caused by enzymatic deficiency. Untreated patients may develop neurologic symptoms, hearing loss, optic atrophy, skin eruptions and/or alopecia.
Gözde Uzunyayla, Tanyel Zübarioğlu, Esra İşat, Mehmet Şerif Cansever, Emre Dinçer, Adil Umut Zübarioğlu, Birol Topçu, Güner Karatekin, Ertuğrul Kıykım, Ayşe Çiğdem Aktuğlu Zeybek   +9 more
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Pooled HIV-1 Viral Load Testing Using Dried Blood Spots to Reduce the Cost of Monitoring Antiretroviral Treatment in a Resource-Limited Setting [PDF]

, 2013
: Rollout of routine HIV-1 viral load monitoring is hampered by high costs and logistical difficulties associated with sample collection and transport. New strategies are needed to overcome these constraints.
Bygrave, Helen, Coulborn, Rebecca M, Durán, Laura T, Ellman, Tom, Fajardo, Emmanuel, Garone, Daniela, Metcalf, Carol, Murowa, Michael, Mwenda, Reuben, Pannus, Pieter, Preiser, Wolfgang, Reid, Tony   +11 more
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Adapting to telemedicine in the COVID-19 era: Feasibility of dried blood spot testing for hemoglobin A1c. [PDF]

Diabetes Metab Syndr, 2021
Background and aims The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a rapid growth in the use of telemedicine for delivery of ambulatory diabetes care. This study evaluated the feasibility of remote HbA1c monitoring via dried blood spot (DBS) testing to support ...
Roberts AJ, Malik F, Pihoker C, Dickerson JA.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The performance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody point-of-care tests on oral fluid or whole blood and dried blood spot testing for HCV serology and viral load among individuals at higher risk for HCV in South Africa. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep, 2021
To enhance screening and diagnosis in those at‐risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV), efficient and improved sampling and testing is required. We investigated the performance of point‐of‐care (POC) tests and dried blood spots (DBS) for HCV antibody and HCV RNA
Prabdial-Sing N, Gaelejwe L, Makhathini L, Thaver J, Manamela MJ, Malfeld S, Spearman CW, Sonderup M, Scheibe A, Young K, Hausler H, Puren AJ.   +11 more
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Feasibility of a dried blood spot strategy for serological screening and surveillance to monitor elimination of Human African Trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
In recent years, the number of reported Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) cases caused by Trypanosoma brucei (T.b.) gambiense has been markedly declining, and the goal of 'elimination as a public health problem' is within reach. For the next stage, i.e.
Raquel Inocencio da Luz, Delphin Mavinga Phanzu, Oscar N'lemvo Kiabanzawoko, Eric Miaka, Paul Verlé, Anja De Weggheleire, Philippe Büscher, Epco Hasker, Marleen Boelaert   +8 more
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Dried Blood Spot Tests for the Diagnosis and Therapeutic Monitoring of HIV and Viral Hepatitis B and C

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Blood collected and dried on a paper card – dried blood spot (DBS) – knows a growing interest as a sampling method that can be performed outside care facilities by capillary puncture, and transported in a simple and safe manner by mail.
Edouard Tuaillon, Dramane Kania, Amandine Pisoni, Karine Bollore, Fabien Taieb, Esther Nina Ontsira Ngoyi, Roxane Schaub, Jean-Christophe Plantier, Alain Makinson, Philippe Van de Perre   +9 more
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