The use of simple, rapid tests to detect antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus types 1 and 2 in pooled serum specimens

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 90-96

  Soroka, Stephen D ^a   Granade, Timothy C ^a   Phillips, Susan ^a   Parekh, Bharat ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV 1; Pooling; Rapid assays; Seroconversion; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037407720     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(02)00133-6     Document Type: Article

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