Serological screening for tuberculosis in the community: An evaluation of the Mycodot procedure in an African population with high HIV-2 prevalence (Republic of Guinea-Bissau)

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 301-305

  Antunes, Abílio ^a   Nina, Jaime ^a,b   David, Suzana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; HIV 1; HIV 2; Lipoarabinomannan; Serology; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMUNOASSAY; LEPROSY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GUINEA-BISSAU; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GUINEA-BISSAU; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-2; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUBERCULOSIS; HUMANS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2;

EID: 0035991512     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(02)01323-2     Document Type: Article

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