Diagnostic accuracy of 2 oral fluid-based tests for HIV surveillance in Namibia

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 116-118

  Hamers, Raph L ^a   De Beer, Ingrid H ^b   Kaura, Harold ^c   Van Vugt, Michèle ^a   Caparos, Lucille ^c   Rinke De Wit, Tobias F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b PharmAccess Foundation Namibia   (Namibia)

^c Namibia Institute of Pathology   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; LETTER; NAMIBIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NAMIBIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; SALIVA;

EID: 42649119117     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31816bcdcf     Document Type: Letter

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