False positive HIV -1 DNA PCR in infancy

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-246

  Agarwal, D ^a   Agrawal, N R ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LETTER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE;

AGE FACTORS; DNA, VIRAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 41449091336     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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