Comparison of three ELISAs for the routine diagnosis of human T-lymphotropic virus infection in a high-prevalence setting in Peru

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 420-422

  Verdonck, Kristien ^a,b   González, Elsa ^a,c   Maldonado, Fernando ^a   Agapito, Doris ^a   Van Dooren, Sonia ^d   Vandamme, Anne Mieke ^d   Silva Santisteban, Alfonso ^a   Vanham, Guido ^b,e   Clark, Daniel ^a,c   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^e Faculty of Pharmaceutical Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences   (Belgium)

^f HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; ELISA; Human T lymphotropic virus 1; Human T lymphotropic virus 2; Peru; Predictive value of tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERU; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; HUMANS; MALE; PERU; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE;

HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; MUREX;

EID: 61449267420     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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