A comparison of immunocomplex-dissociated serum HIV-1 P24 antigenemia and plasma HIV-1 viral load: Assessment of 3,129 paired assays

New Microbiologica

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 269-275

  Manfredi, R ^a   Borderi, M ^a   Re, M C ^a   Furlini, G ^a   Monari, P ^a   Spinosa Guzman S M ^a   Tadolini, M ^a   Talo S ^a   Donzelli, C ^a   Maldeni, C ^a   Chiodo, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; EVALUATION STUDIES; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0033161074     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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