The use of dried blood spots for HIV-antibody testing in Sahel;Dépistage du VIH en zone sahélienne à partir de sang séché sur sérobuvard

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 343-346

  Ouwe Missi Oukem Boyer, O N ^a,b,c   Hamidou, A A ^b   Sidikou, F ^b   Garba, A ^b   Louboutin Croc, J P ^b,c  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b Centre de Recherche Medicale et Sanitaire Niamey   (Niger)

^c Service de l'Adoption Internationale   (France)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Dried blood spot; Niger; Sahel; Seroprevalence hiv; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV ANTIGENS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 29944440157     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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