Laboratory testing and rapid hiv assays: Applications for HIV surveillance in hard-to-reach populations

AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2001, Pages

  Respess, Richard A ^a,b   Rayfield, Mark A ^a   Dondero, Timothy J ^b  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

HIV counseling and testing; HIV rapid test; HIV surveillance; HIV testing strategies

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUNSELING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0035947349     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200104003-00007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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