Evaluation of HIV antibody and antigen/antibody combination ELISAs for use in an alternative confirmatory HIV testing strategy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-196

  Aboud, Said ^a   Urassa, Willy ^a   Lyamuya, Eligius ^a   Mhalu, Fred ^a   Biberfeld, Gunnel ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alternative confirmatory strategy; HIV antigen antibody combination assay; p24 antigen

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MUREX;

EID: 33746913454     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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