HIV-1 p24 antigen testing in blood banks: Results from Saudi Arabia

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 102-104

  Alamawi, S ^a   Abutaleb, A ^a   Qasem, L ^a   Masoud, S ^a   Memish, Z ^a   Al Khairy, K ^a   Kheir, O ^a   Bernvil, S ^a   Hajeer, Ali H ^a  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Blood banks; HIV core protein p24; Nucleic acids

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0038102730     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2003.11783683     Document Type: Article

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