blood spots
Detection of blood spots in eggs by hyperspectral transmittance imaging
... detecting blood pots in ...detect blood spots in white-shelled eggs, established detection model by the partial least square (PLS) method and achieved ...for blood-spot eggs. Compared to ...
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Novel approach for deriving genome wide SNP analysis data from archived blood spots
... space. Blood spots on adapted filter papers are popular for this, with FTA (Flinders Technology Associates) Whatman TM technology being one of the most ...animal blood have been stored and ...
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The development and validation of dried blood spots for external quality assurance of syphilis serology
... finger-prick blood has been obtained to perform syphilis POC testing, DBS can be used to collect blood for EQA purposes directly ...Finger-prick blood spotted onto filter paper can be stored and ...
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Determination of Calcineurin Inhibitors in Dried Blood Spots from Kidney Transplant Recipients
... dried blood spots (DBS) could enable drug monitoring in transplanted patients without the necessity of having to take venous blood ...whole blood for determination of CsA and Tac in DBS after ...
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New Enzymatic Colorimetric Method for the Quantitative Determination of Phenylalanine in Dry-Blood Spots
... of blood Phe is increased dramatically and results to the accumulation of this substance and its by-product in blood and ...the blood early in life impair the normal development of the brain and ...
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Evaluation of dried blood spots as a feasible alternative to plasma for detection, quantification and genotyping of hepatitis C virus: A pilot study
... Dried blood spots (DBS) have recently been studied as an alternative specimen to plasma for detection of antibodies to HCV as well as for detection and quantification of HCV RNA ...of blood for HIV ...
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Blood spots as an alternative to whole blood collection and the effect of a small monetary incentive to increase participation in genetic association studies
... that blood spot recruitment fol- lowing more immediately after requesting a venipuncture sample or offered in lieu of a venipuncture sample may have affected our response ...the blood spot cards collected ...
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Performance of a Novel Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Type 1 Total Nucleic Acid Based Real Time PCR Assay Using Whole Blood and Dried Blood Spots for Diagnosis of HIV in Infants
... and blood collection from infants may limit the avail- ability for routine diagnosis ...whole-blood spots (DBS) address the sample collection and transport dif- ficulties and have been validated for ...
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Reliability of enzyme assays in dried blood spots for diagnosis of 4 lysosomal storage disorders
... Measurement of lysosomal enzymes activities in dried blood spots (DBS) on filter paper was introduced in 2001 [6] as a method with several advantages over test- ing in leukocytes/fibroblasts. First, it ...
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Hyperphenylalaninemia Due to Dihydropteridine Reductase Deficiency: Diagnosis by Enzyme Assays on Dried Blood Spots
... A simple method of DHPR assay using erythrocytes or dried blood spots on filter papers is described.. The mean DHPR activity erythrocytes of con-.[r] ...
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A nested real time PCR assay for the quantification of Plasmodium falciparum DNA extracted from dried blood spots
... whole blood [2,4,8], an inconvenient re- quirement for routine field ...paper blood spots (DBS) have been a practical way to archive parasite DNA for future analysis without the need for ...
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Pooled PCR testing of dried blood spots for infant HIV diagnosis is cost efficient and accurate
... age using EDTA whole blood, plasma or dried blood spots (DBS) [3], while the importance of testing infants at birth has recently been emphasised [4]. Reducing the cost of EID testing would enable ...
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Improved Sensitivity of a Dual Target HIV 1 Qualitative Test for Plasma and Dried Blood Spots
... The use of nucleic acid detection for HIV type 1 (HIV-1) detection is strongly recommended in infants <18 months of age, in whom serology is unreliable. This study evaluated the Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan HIV-1 ...
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Feasibility of Detecting Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Drug Resistance in DNA Extracted from Whole Blood or Dried Blood Spots
... the blood samples after collection and reduce the complexity of the ...procedure. Blood spots collected on filter paper have been used for DNA amplification purposes, but reports on the feasibility ...
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Evaluation of Dried Blood Spots and Oral Fluids as Alternatives to Serum for Human Papillomavirus Antibody Surveillance
... Dried blood spots (DBSs) and oral fluids, specifically oral mucosal transudate (OMT), offer attractive alternatives to serum anti- body testing and have already been found to be appropriate tools for the ...
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Evaluation of the Aptima HIV 1 Quant Dx Assay Using Plasma and Dried Blood Spots
... The global scale-up of ART and the concomitant increased requirement for virus load monitoring represent an opportunity to build laboratory capacity in both resource-poor and resource- rich settings. Therefore, the ...
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Quantitation of Cytomegalovirus DNA Load in Dried Blood Spots Correlates Well with Plasma Viral Load
... (venipuncture), blood was obtained by finger stick by study personnel as ...resulting blood was blotted directly onto FTA-Elute cards (Whatman International ...dried blood spots were stored at ...
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Evaluation of Dried Blood Spots for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Drug Resistance Testing
... Dried blood spots (DBS) and dried plasma spots (DPS) are inexpensive to prepare and easy to transport and potentially represent a good alternative to plasma for drug resistance ...
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Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling with MeDIP-seq using archived dried blood spots
... Background: In utero and early-life experienced environmental exposures are suggested to play an important role in many multifactorial diseases potentially mediated through lasting effects on the epigenome. As the ...
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Separation of Plasma from Whole Blood by Use of the cobas Plasma Separation Card: a Compelling Alternative to Dried Blood Spots for Quantification of HIV 1 Viral Load
... Dried blood spots (DBSs) hold considerable logistical advantages over EDTA samples, but they more frequently misclassify virological fail- ure and have higher limits of detection ...whole blood by ...
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