Evaluation of rapid prenatal human immunodeficiency virus testing in rural Cameroon

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 855-860

  Granade, Timothy C ^a,c   Parekh, Bharat S ^a   Tih, Pius M ^b   Welty, Thomas ^b   Welty, Edith ^b   Bulterys, Marc ^a   Ndikintum, George ^b   Nkuoh, Godlove ^b   Tancho, Samuel ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Board   (Cameroon)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALGORITHMS; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HIV; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 22244435906     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.12.7.855-860.2005     Document Type: Article

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