Utilizing nucleic acid amplification to identify acute HIV infection [4]

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 653-655

  Karim, Salim S Abdool ^a   Mlisana, Koleka ^a   Kharsany, Ayesha B M ^a   Williamson, Carolyn ^b   Baxter, Cheryl ^a   Karim, Quarraisha Abdool ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA;

ALGORITHM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTITUTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 33847182395     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3280327923     Document Type: Letter

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