Good performance of an immunoassay based method for nevirapine measurements in human breast milk

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  • Kirsten Salado-Rasmussen
  • Zahra Persson Theilgaard
  • Mercy Chiduo
  • Court Pedersen
  • Gerstoft, Jan
  • Terese Lea Katzenstein
Understanding the distribution of antiretro-virals in breastfeeding HIV-positive mothers is essential, both for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission and for research on the development of drug resistance. The ARK nevirapine (NVP)-test is an immunoassay method for nevirapine measurements, developed and validated for plasma use. In this study, the ARK NVP-test was evaluated for measurement of nevirapine concentrations in breast milk. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is the method currently used to determine nevirapine in breast milk. This method, however, requires complicated extraction techniques. The ARK method employs an immunoassay technology and requires a small sample volume (40 µL) and no pre-treatment of the samples.
Original languageEnglish
JournalClinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
Volume49
Issue number7
Pages (from-to)1171-5
Number of pages5
ISSN1434-6621
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2011

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