False negative Anti-HIV-1/HIV-2 ELISAs in acute HIV-2 infection

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 144-147

  Christiansen, Claus Bohn ^a   Jessen, Torben E ^b   Nielsen, Claus ^a   Staun Olsen, Poul ^b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b Holbæk Centralsygehus ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION;

EID: 0030009501     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1996.tb01312.x     Document Type: Article

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