Evaluation of FDA licensed HIV assays using plasma from Cameroonian blood donors

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Lee, Sherwin ^a   Hu, Jinjie ^a   Tang, Shixing ^a   Wood, Owen ^a   Francis, Kori ^a   Machuca, Ana ^a   Rios, Maria ^a   Daniel, Sylvester ^a   Vockley, Christopher ^a   Awazi, Bih ^b   Zekeng, Leopold ^b   Hewlett, Indira ^a,c  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Sanitation and Hygiene   (Cameroon)

^c CBER/FDA Bldg 29B   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV antibodies detection; HIV 1 RNA; NAT

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CAMEROON; DONOR SELECTION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN;

BLOOD DONORS; CAMEROON; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LICENSURE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 33745615139     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20602     Document Type: Article

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