Performance characteristics of a rapid new immunochromatographic test for detection of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 303-307

  Ribeiro Rodrigues, Rodrigo ^a   Pinto Neto, Lauro Ferreira da Silva ^a,b   Cunha, Carla B ^a   Cabra, Valéria P ^a   Dietze, Reynaldo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b S Casa de Misericordia de Vitoria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037341437     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.10.2.303-307.2003     Document Type: Article

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