Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C4732730
Disease: Blood spots
Blood spots
0.020 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Moreover, we investigated whether dried plasma and blood spots (DPS and DBS, respectively) give comparable viral load (VL) results. 19193835 2009
CUI: C4732730
Disease: Blood spots
Blood spots
0.020 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Dried spots on filter paper made of whole blood (dried blood spots; DBS), plasma (dried plasma spots; DPS) or serum (dried serum spots) hold promise as an affordable and practical alternative specimen source to liquid plasma for HIV type-1 (HIV-1) viral load determination and drug resistance genotyping in the context of the rapidly expanding access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV-1-infected individuals in low- and middle-income countries. 19704164 2009