Evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 in people coinfected with HIV and/or tuberculosis in low-income countries: study protocol for mixed methods research in Burkina Faso

Table 1 Specimen collection, examination and follow-up schedule for HIV-infected people and TB-patients.

Specimen	Biological analysis	Day 0	Month 6	Month 12
Nasopharyngeal swab	• Real-Time Quantitative Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction	+	+	+
Sputum	• Tuberculosis bacillus test	+	+	+
Dried blood spot	• Luminex	+	+	+
Venous blood (3 ml) on EDTA tube	• Enzyme-Linked Immuno Assay • CD4 count • HIV Viral Load	+	+	+
Blood drop on blade	• Testing for Plasmodium	+

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