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May 28, 2024African Journal of Laboratory MedicineOpen Access

Field study to determine the reliability of HIV viral load results shows minimal impact of delayed testing in South Africa

Diana Hardie Howard Newman J. C. Reid Marvin Hsiao Gert U. van Zyl Lucia Hans Jasantha Odayar Stephen N.J. Korsman

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Abstract

Understanding factors that impact HIV viral load (VL) accuracy in resource-limited settings is key to quality improvement.

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Hardie et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e68226b6db64358760b084 https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v13i1.2364

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