Sensitivity of treponemal tests for detecting prior treated syphilis during human immunodeficiency virus Infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 862-866

  Haas, Jennifer S ^a,b,c   Bolan, Gail ^a,b,c   Larsen, Sandra A ^a,b,c   Clement, Michael J ^a,b,c   Bacchetti, Peter ^a,b,c   Moss, Andrew R ^d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ADULT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COHORT STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, SUPPRESSOR-EFFECTOR;

EID: 0024993414     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/162.4.862     Document Type: Article

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