Response to correspondence on 'should biomarker estimates of HIV incidence be adjusted?'

AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2066-2068

  Brookmeyer, Ron ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACCURACY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SEROCONVERSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349765920     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32832f3dbb     Document Type: Letter

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