Can oral fluid testing be used to replace blood-based HIV rapid testing to improve access to diagnosis in South Africa?

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 646-648

  Scott, Lesley E ^a   Noble, Lara D ^b   Langeveldt, Margaret ^b   Jentsch, Ute ^a   Francois Venter, Willem Daniel ^a   Stevens, Wendy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; NAMIBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 68449094356     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181a448ac     Document Type: Letter

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