Suitability of simple human immunodeficiency virus rapid tests in clinical trials in community-based clinic settings

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1058-1062

  Everett, Dean B ^a,b,g   Baisley, Kathy ^a,b   Changalucha, John ^b   Vallely, Andrew ^a,c,h   Watson Jones, Deborah ^a,c   Cook, Claire ^a,b,d   Knight, Louise ^a,b,i   Ross, David A ^a   Mugeye, Kokugonza ^c   Mccormack, Sheena ^d   Lacey, Charles J ^e   Jentsch, Ute ^f   Hayes, Richard J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c African Medical and Research Foundation Mwanza   (Tanzania)

^d MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; MICROBICIDE; PLACEBO; PRO 2000;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TANZANIA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MUREX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249143850     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01998-08     Document Type: Article

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