Verification of dried blood spot as a sample type for HIV viral load and early infant diagnosis on Hologic Panther in Zambia

Table 2 Low positive precision

Analyte	Test type	Low positive precision			Acceptability
Analyte	Test type	Mean sample conc.	CV (%) Manf. claim	LCHL obtained CV (%)	Acceptability
Viral load (VL) Low positive	Repeatability	2.88	4.83	3.50154	Acceptable
Viral load (VL) Low positive	Within Lab	2.88	4.83	2.268915	Acceptable

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