Reliability of a new recombinant immunoblot assay (RIBA HIV-1/HIV-2 SIA) as a supplemental (confirmatory) test for HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections

Transfusion Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-69

  Mas, A ^a   Soriano, V ^a,b   Gutierrez M ^a   Fumanal, F ^c   Alonso, A ^d   Gonzalez Lahoz J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b C/ Rafael Calvo 7 ^*  (Spain)

^c Ortho Diagnostic Systems   (Spain)

^d Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; SCREENING TEST;

HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030839614     PISSN: 09553886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-3886(96)00078-1     Document Type: Article

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