Assessment of the ability of a fourth-generation immunoassay for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody and p24 antigen to detect both acute and recent HIV infections in a high-risk setting

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2639-2642

  Pandori, Mark W ^a   Hackett Jr , John ^b   Louie, Brian ^a   Vallari, Ana ^b   Dowling, Teri ^a   Liska, Sally ^a   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^a,c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 68549090662     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00119-09     Document Type: Article

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