Evaluation of a prototype Amplicor PCR assay for detection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 DNA in blood samples from Tanzanian adults infected with HIV-1 subtypes A, C and D

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-63

  Lyamuya, E ^a   Olausson Hansson, E ^b   Albert, J ^b   Mhalu, F ^a   Biberfeld, G ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV 1 DNA PCR; HIV 1 subtypes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

EID: 0034060311     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(00)00073-1     Document Type: Article

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