Validation, performance under field conditions, and cost-effectiveness of Capillus HIV-1/HIV-2 and determine HIV-1/2 rapid human immunodeficiency virus antibody assays using sequential and parallel testing algorithms in Tanzania

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3946-3951

  Mayhood, Meghan K ^a   Afwamba, Isaac A ^b   Odhiambo, Christopher O ^b   Ndanu, Epimack ^c   Thielman, Nathan M ^a,d   Morrissey, Anne B ^a,b   Shao, John F ^b,e   Pence, Brian Wells ^a,d,f   Crump, John A ^a,b,d,e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^c Kikundi Cha Wanawake Kilimanjaro Kupambana na UKIMWI ^*  (Tanzania)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; VALIDATION STUDY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2;

EID: 57349169289     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01045-08     Document Type: Article

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