Polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infection in infancy in low resource settings

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 993-997

  Sherman, Gayle G ^a   Cooper, Peter A ^a   Coovadia, Ashraf H ^a   Puren, Adrian J ^a   Jones, Stephanie A ^a   Mokhachane, Mantoa ^a   Bolton, Keith D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Developing country; Diagnosis; Human immunodeficiency virus; Infant; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 28044472461     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000187036.73539.8d     Document Type: Article

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