HIV testing in a high-incidence population: Is antibody testing alone good enough?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 444-453

  Stekier, Joanne D ^a,d   Swenson, Paul D ^a,b   Coombs, Robert W ^a   Dragavon, Joan ^a   Thomas, Katherine K ^a   Brennan, Catherine A ^c   Devare, Sushii G ^c   Wood, Robert W ^a,b   Golden, Matthew R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^c ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

ADULT; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INCIDENCE; MALE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM;

EID: 67651121510     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/600043     Document Type: Review

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