Case report: Negative results of a rapid antibody test for HIV in a 16-month-old infant with AIDS

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-295

  Zhang, Yunzhi ^a   Wang, Jiangrong ^a   Wilson, Gregory J ^b   Tang, Yi Wei ^b,c   Lu, Hong Zhou ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant HIV infection; Rapid antibody test for HIV; Screening tests for AIDS

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS LOAD; WESTERN BLOTTING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 49749125945     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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