Background Increasingly, vaccine efficacy studies are being recommended in low-and-
middle-income countries (LMIC), yet often facilities are unavailable to take and store infant …

Background Use of dried blood spots (DBS) offers advantages over serum samples in
studies conducted in resource-poor settings. The aim of this study was to compare the …

There is increasing interest in using dried blood spot (DBS) cards to extend the reach of
global health and disease surveillance programs to hard-to-reach populations …

The idea of collecting blood on a paper card and subsequently using the dried blood spots
(DBS) for diagnostic purposes originated a century ago. Since then, DBS testing for decades …

Almost five decades after their first application in diagnostics, dried blood spot (DBS) cards
remain to be of key interest in many research areas and clinical applications. The …

Background Dried blood spots (DBS) are a useful specimen collection tool in situations
where venous access is problematic, however, detection of biomarkers from this specimen …

Serological surveillance studies of infectious diseases provide population-level estimates of
infection and antibody prevalence, generating crucial insight into population-level immunity …

Background Dried blood spots (DBS) have been used as alternative specimens to plasma to
increase access to HIV viral load (VL) monitoring and early infant diagnosis (EID) in remote …

AA, ET and GVZ conceived and designed the study. AA, ET, SB, MG and MC wrote the
manuscript. SB, MG and DC designed and performed the experiments. SB, MG and MC …

The true severity of infection due to COVID-19 is under-represented because it is based on
only those who are tested. Although nucleic acid amplifications tests (NAAT) are the gold …