Signal-boosted qualitative ultrasensitive p24 antigen assay for diagnosis of subtype C HIV-1 infection in infants under the age of 2 years

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 391-394

  Zijenah, Lynn S ^a   Tobaiwa, Ocean ^a   Rusakaniko, Simbarashe ^a   Nathoo, Kusum J ^a   Nhembe, Margaret ^a   Matibe, Petronella ^a   Katzenstein, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA polymerase chain reaction; Infant HIV diagnosis; p24 antigen; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA POLYMERASE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 22344437195     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000158401.59047.84     Document Type: Article

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