Blood Specimen Collection
"Blood Specimen Collection" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The taking of a blood sample to determine its character as a whole, to identify levels of its component cells, chemicals, gases, or other constituents, to perform pathological examination, etc.
| Descriptor ID |
D001800
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.998.110 E04.665.150 E05.200.998.110
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| Concept/Terms |
Blood Specimen Collection- Blood Specimen Collection
- Blood Specimen Collections
- Collection, Blood Specimen
- Collections, Blood Specimen
- Specimen Collection, Blood
- Specimen Collections, Blood
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blood Specimen Collection" by people in Profiles.
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Accurate HIV viral load measurement in primary health care settings using the cobas® plasma separation card. PLoS One. 2020; 15(5):e0232122.
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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. J Clin Microbiol. 2019 04; 57(4).
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Uncertainty in Antibiotic Dosing in Critically Ill Neonate and Pediatric Patients: Can Microsampling Provide the Answers? Clin Ther. 2016 Sep; 38(9):1961-75.
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Is there a role for microsampling in antibiotic pharmacokinetic studies? Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol. 2016 Jun; 12(6):601-14.
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Feasibility of performing multiple point of care testing for HIV anti-retroviral treatment initiation and monitoring from multiple or single fingersticks. PLoS One. 2013; 8(12):e85265.
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Performance evaluation of the Pima™ point-of-care CD4 analyser using capillary blood sampling in field tests in South Africa. J Int AIDS Soc. 2012 Jan 30; 15(1):3.
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Dried fluid spots for HIV type-1 viral load and resistance genotyping: a systematic review. Antivir Ther. 2009; 14(5):619-29.
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Low risk of contamination with automated and manual excision of dried blood spots for HIV DNA PCR testing in the routine laboratory. J Virol Methods. 2007 Dec; 146(1-2):397-400.