Association of Biologic False-Positive Reactions for Syphilis with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 1124-1126

  Rompalo, Anne M ^a,b   Cannon, Robert O ^a,b   Quinn, Thomas C ^a,b   Hook, Edward W ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ADULT; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0026596517     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/165.6.1124     Document Type: Article

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