PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Patton, Janet C.
AU  - Akkers, Eveline
AU  - Coovadia, Ashraf H.
AU  - Meyers, Tammy M.
AU  - Stevens, Wendy S.
AU  - Sherman, Gayle G.
TI  - Evaluation of Dried Whole Blood Spots Obtained by Heel or Finger Stick as an Alternative to Venous Blood for Diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection in Vertically Exposed Infants in the Routine Diagnostic Laboratory
AID  - 10.1128/CVI.00223-06
DP  - 2007 Feb 01
TA  - Clinical and Vaccine Immunology
PG  - 201--203
VI  - 14
IP  - 2
4099  - http://cvi.asm.org/content/14/2/201.short
4100  - http://cvi.asm.org/content/14/2/201.full
SO  - Clin Vaccine Immunol2007 Feb 01; 14
AB  - The diagnostic accuracy of the Roche Amplicor human immunodeficiency virus type 1 DNA PCR assay (version 1.5) on DNA extracted from pediatric heel prick dried blood spots using Roche MagNA Pure nucleic acid purification technology was evaluated. The methodologies transfer successfully from the labor-intensive research laboratory to the high-throughput automated routine laboratory.