Less sensitive HIV-1 enzyme immunoassay as an adjuvant method for monitoring patients receiving antiretroviral therapy

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 100-105

  Cimerman, Sérgio ^a   Sucupira, Maria Cecilia Araripe ^a   Lewi, David Salomão ^a   Diaz, Ricardo Sobhie ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Laboratório de Retrovirologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; RITONAVIR;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; OPTICAL DENSITY; PATIENT MONITORING; VIREMIA; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DRUG MONITORING; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS REPLICATION; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 33847771956     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2006.0035     Document Type: Article

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