Evaluation of seven rapid HIV tests to detect HIV-exposure and seroreversion during infancy

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-316

  Sherman, Gayle G ^a   Driver, Glenn A ^a   Coovadia, Ashraf H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus; Infants; Prevention of mother to child transmission; Rapid test; Seroreversion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFANCY; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 53849133763     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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