Poor sensitivity of field rapid HIV testing: Implications for mother-to-child transmission programme

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1805-1808

  Black, V ^a   Von Mollendorf, C E ^a   Moyes, J A ^a   Scott, L E ^a,b   Puren, A ^c   Stevens, W S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV; PMTCT; Rapid HIV test

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNODETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70449356839     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02357.x     Document Type: Article

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