Lack of screening test sensitivity during HIV-1 non-subtype B seroconversions

AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 1996, Pages

  Apetrei, Cristian ^a,b   Loussert Ajaka, Ibtissam ^a   Descamps, Diane ^a   Damond, Florence ^a   Saragosti, Sentob ^c   Brun Vézinet, Françoise ^a   Simon, François ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Enzyme immunoassay; HIV 1 subtypes; p24 antigen; Public health; Seroconversion; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEROCONVERSION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

EID: 0029853369     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199612000-00002     Document Type: Article

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