Table 4 Laboratory Parameters
Laboratory Parameter | Test |
|---|---|
HIV | HIV serostatus is evaluated by ELISA (InTec Products Company, Xiamen, China), and confirmed with an HIV-1/2 western blot (HIV Blot 2.2 WBTM, Genelabs Diagnostics, Singapore). The results of anyone who screens negative for HIV will be confirmed by HIV RNA pooling PCR test (COBAS AmpliPrep /COBAS TaqMan, Roche) |
HIV resistance | RNA sequencing |
HIV viral load testing | COBAS AmpliPrep /COBAS TaqManv (Roche) |
Syphilis | RPR (Shanghai Rongsheng, Shanghai, China) and TPPA (Fujirebio Inc., Tokyo, Japan) |
Hepatitis B | HBsAg (Vitros 5600) |
HSV-2 | IgM-HSV-2, IgG-HSV-2 (Beier Bioengineering, Beijing, China) |
Biochemistry | AST, ALT, total bilirubin, creatinine, creatinine clearance, serum phosphate, blood glucose, and lipids (Roche) |
Routine blood tests | Full blood count: hemoglobin, leucocytes, platelets; differential count: absolute neutrophil count, absolute lymphocyte count (Mindray BC-5800) |
Routine urine tests | Proteinuria (Mindray EH-2080) |
Blood drug level testing | LC-MS (AB SCIEX API 6500+) |