Field evaluation of the determine rapid human immunodeficiency virus diagnostic test in Honduras and the Dominican Republic

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3698-3700

  Palmer, Carol J ^a,f   Dubon, Jose M ^b   Koenig, Ellen ^c   Perez, Eddy ^d   Ager, Arba ^e   Jayaweera, Dushyantha ^e   Cuadrado, Raul R ^a   Rivera, Ada ^b   Rubido, Alex ^f   Palmer, Dennis A ^f  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Social Security Hospital   (Honduras)

^c National Public Health Laboratory   (Dominican Republic)

^d CENISMI   (Dominican Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f BioQuest   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HONDURAS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 0032883028     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.11.3698-3700.1999     Document Type: Article

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