A human immunodeficiency virus screening algorithm to address the high rate of false-positive results in pregnant women in Japan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Shima Sano, Takako ^a,b   Yamada, Rika ^c   Sekita, Kazuyo ^d   Hankins, Raleigh W ^d   Hori, Hiromasa ^e   Seto, Hiroshi ^f   Sudo, Koji ^a,i   Kondo, Makiko ^a   Kawahara, Kazuo ^b   Tsukahara, Yuki ^g   Inaba, Noriyuki ^h   Kato, Shingo ⁱ   Imai, Mitsunobu ^a  

^a KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Health Sciences Research Institute   (Japan)

^e Hori Maternity Hospital   (Japan)

^f Seto Hospital   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^h DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; BLOOD; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ALGORITHMS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOKYO;

EID: 77949581906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009382     Document Type: Article

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