Evaluation of a rapid human immunodeficiency virus test at two community clinics in KwaZulu-Natal

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 818-821

  Phili, R ^a   Vardas, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036773326     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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