Diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection in infants by use of dried blood spots and an ultrasensitive p24 antigen assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 459-462

  Cachafeiro, Ada ^a   Sherman, Gayle G ^b   Sohn, Annette H ^c   Beck Sague, Consuelo ^d   Fiscus, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Clinica de Familia MIR   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIED BLOOD SPOTS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASENSITIVE P24 ANTIGEN ASSAY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD; DESICCATION; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

GAG PROTEIN;

BLOOD; DESICCATION; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 60849101531     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01181-08     Document Type: Article

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