Limitations of rapid HIV-1 tests during screening for trials in Uganda: Diagnostic test accuracy study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7612, 2007, Pages 188-190

  Gray, Ronald H ^a   Makumbi, Fredrick ^b   Serwadda, David ^c   Lutalo, Tom ^b   Nalugoda, Fred ^b   Opendi, Pius ^b   Kigozi, Godfrey ^b   Reynolds, Steven J ^d   Sewankambo, Nelson K ^c   Wawer, Maria J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; UGANDA; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA;

EID: 34547413615     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39210.582801.BE     Document Type: Article

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