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HIV Viral Load Scale-up Among Children and Adolescents: Trends in Viral Load Suppression, Sample Type and Processing in 7 PEPFAR Countries, 2015-2018.

Hrapcak, Susan; Pals, Sherri; Itoh, Megumi; Peters, Natalie; Carpenter, Deborah; Hackett, Stephanie; Prao, Aka K; Adje-Toure, Christiane; Eboi, Ehui; Mutisya, Immaculate; Nyabiage Omoto, Lennah; Ondondo, Raphael O; Bowen, Nancy; Nyanya, Winifred; Kayira, Dumbani; Kaba, Muluken D; Mwenda, Rueben; Deus, Maria Ines; Almeida, Jose; Cuco, Rosa Marlene M; Boylan, Ashley; Beard, Suzanne; Ashikoto, Sylvia; van Rooyen, Gerhard; Kindra, Gurpreet; Diallo, Karidia; Carmona, Sergio; Nazziwa, Esther; Mwangi, Christina; Ntale, Jonathan; Ssewanyana, Isaac; Nabadda, Susan N; Nabukenya, Miriam; Ellenberger, Dennis; Rivadeneira, Emilia.

Pediatr Infect Dis J ; 42(4): e102-e104, 2023 04 01.

Article En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36728122

HIV-positive children and adolescents face gaps in viral load (VL) testing. To understand trends in pediatric/adolescent VL testing, 7 countries collected data from Laboratory Information Management Systems. Results showed increasing proportion of VL tests done through dried blood spot (DBS) and decreased sample rejection rates for DBS compared with plasma, supporting use of DBS VL when skilled phlebotomy is unavailable.

HIV Infections , HIV-1 , Humans , Adolescent , Child , Sensitivity and Specificity , Viral Load/methods , HIV-1/genetics , Plasma , RNA, Viral