Diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection with different subtypes using rapid tests

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 698-699

  Phillips, Susan ^a   Granade, Timothy C ^a   Pau, Chou Pong ^a   Candal, Debra ^a   Hu, Dale J ^a   Parekh, Bharat S ^a  

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

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0033911630     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.7.4.698-699.2000     Document Type: Article

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