Field evaluation of the Merlin Immediate HIV-1 and -2 Test for point-of-care detection of human immunodeficiency virus antibodies

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 658-661

  Shafran, Stephen D ^a   Conway, Brian ^c   Prasad, Errol ^b   Greer, Jane ^d   Vincelette, Jean ^f   Ellis, C Edward ^h,j   Haase, David A ^k   Walmsley, Sharon L ^e   Lalonde, Richard G ^g   Cameron, D William ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Provincial Laboratory of Public Health for Northern Alberta   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Hassle Free Clinic   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h Ottawa Carleton Health Department   (Canada)

ⁱ Department of Medicine   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^k DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; PYROXYLIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036499059     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338812     Document Type: Article

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