HIV/AIDS Diagnostics
Low-cost assays available to monitor HAART in resource-poor settings
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 21st, 2005
According to a recent review from India, "The standard methods to monitor HIV infection are flow cytometry-based for CD4+ T lymphocyte count and molecular assays to quantify plasma viral load of HIV.
"Few laboratories in resource-limited countries can run these tests as a majority of the HIV infected individuals are poor."
"A number of currently available low-cost assays which require less expensive equipment and reagents may be well-suited to such countries.
"These include manual and ELISA based CD4 cell assays, and ultrasensitive...
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