Early diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infection by p24 antigen detection

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 313-315

  Praharaj, A K ^a   Angadi, K ^b   Kalghatgi, A T ^b   Tripathy, S ^c   Sawhney, M P S ^d   Nagendra, A ^b  

^a 151 Base Hospital   (India)

^b ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Department of Pathology Command Hospital Southern Command   (India)

^d BASE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

ICD assay; p24 antigen; STD; Window period

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STANDARD; VOLUNTEER; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0142242166     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-1237(03)80143-0     Document Type: Article

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