A simple saliva-based test for detecting antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 577-580

  Schramm, Willfried ^a,c   Barriga Angulo, Gustavo ^b   Castillo Torres, Patricia ^b   Burgess Cassler, Anthony ^a,d   O'Farrell, Brendan ^a  

^a Saliva Diagnostic Systems Inc   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c BioThink Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d Worthmore Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; TEST STRIP;

EID: 0344758352     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.4.577-580.1999     Document Type: Article

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