Evaluation and diagnostic usefulness of domestic and imported enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for detection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 antibody in India

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1425-1428

  Iqbal, H Syed ^a   Solomon, Suniti ^a   Murugavel, K G ^a   Solomon, Sunil Suhas ^a   Balakrishnan, P ^a,b  

^a VHS Medical Centre India   (India)

^b YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INDIA; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

EID: 29144435249     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.12.12.1425-1428.2005     Document Type: Article

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