Bibliographic Info
GuidelineConsolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection: recommendations for a public health approach
Year of Publication2016
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Status
Maintained
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Low
Dried blood spot specimens using venous or capillary whole blood can be used to determine the HIV viral load. A threshold of 1000 copies/mL can be used to determine virological failure when using dried blood spot samples, as defined for testing in plasma
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Guideline
Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and monitoring: recommendations for a public health approach
Year2021
InstitutionWHO