Performance of a True Point-of-Care Assay for HIV-1/2 Viral Load Measurement at Antenatal and Postpartum Services

Abstract

On-site, nurse-performed POC VL testing is feasible and accurate in resource-limited primary health care settings. The operational challenge of plasma separation within clinics for POC testing was successfully overcome using minicentrifuges. The use of capillary blood could simplify the execution of the assay in a clinical environment.