Evaluation of simple rapid HIV assays and development of national rapid HIV test algorithms in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lyamuya, Eligius F ^a   Aboud, Said ^a   Urassa, Willy K ^a   Sufi, Jaffer ^a   Mbwana, Judica ^a   Ndugulile, Faustin ^b   Massambu, Charles ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b Ministry of Health and Social Welfare ^*  (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; VIRUS DETECTION; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ALGORITHMS; HIV; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

EID: 62149124907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-19     Document Type: Article

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