Fourth generation human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening assays with an improved sensitivity for p24 antigen close the second diagnostic window in primary HIV infection

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 357-359

  Weber, Bernard ^a   Meier, Thomas ^b   Enders, Gisela ^c  

^a Laboratoires Reunis Kutter Lieners Hastert Centre Langwies   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c Med diagn Gemeinschaftslabor P   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROTYPING; VIRUS DETECTION;

HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036888218     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(02)00013-6     Document Type: Letter

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