How valuable are IgA and IgM anti-HIV tests for the diagnosis of mother-child transmission of HIV in an African setting?

Clinical and Diagnostic Virology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-12

  Mokili, John L K ^a,c   Connell, Jeffrey A ^b   Parry, John V ^b   Green, Stephen D R ^a   Davies, Antony G ^a,c   Cutting, William A M ^c  

^a Institut Médical Evangélique   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; HIV diagnosis; HIV vertical transmission; IgA anti HIV; IgM anti HIV

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MATERNAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; NEWBORN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0030011935     PISSN: 09280197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0928-0197(95)00149-2     Document Type: Article

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