Performance of a rapid immunochromatographic screening test for detection of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and HIV-2: Experience at a tertiary care hospital in South India

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4194-4196

  Vijayakumar, Theophilus Sunder ^a   David, Shoba ^a   Selvaraj, Kavitha ^a   Viswanathan, Thiruppavai ^a   Kannangai, Rajesh ^a   Sridharan, Gopalan ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC SCREENING TEST; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2;

EID: 23744445595     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.4194-4196.2005     Document Type: Article

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