Influenza vaccination and false positive HIV results [2]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1422-1423

  Erickson, Christian P ^a   McNiff, Todd ^b   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^c  

^a USHealthworks   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INOCULATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS LOAD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; CROSS REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES;

EID: 33645395288     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc053417     Document Type: Letter

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