Sensitivity and specificity of a qualitative RNA detection assay to diagnose HIV infection in young infants

AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1545-1549

  Simonds, R J ^a,f   Brown, Teresa M ^b   Thea, Donald M ^c   Orloff, Sherry L ^a   Steketee, Richard W ^a   Lee, Francis K ^d   Palumbo, Paul E ^e   Kalish, Marcia L ^b  

^a Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention   (Thailand)

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

^c New York City Perinatal HIV T   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

HIV diagnosis; Pediatrics; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032552196     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199812000-00018     Document Type: Article

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