Association of schistosomiasis with false-positive HIV test results in an African adolescent population

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1570-1577

  Everett, Dean B ^a,b,c   Baisely, Kathy J ^a,b,c   McNerney, Ruth ^a   Hambleton, Ian ^a,b,c   Chirwa, Tobias ^a,b,c   Ross, David A ^a   Changalucha, John ^b   Watson Jones, Deborah ^a,b,c   Helmby, Helena ^a   Dunne, David W ^d   Mabey, David ^a   Hayes, Richard J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c African Medical and Research Foundation Mwanza   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROPARTICLE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

MUREX; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 77951845457     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02264-09     Document Type: Article

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