Young age a predictor of weak reactivity in a rapid antibody test in infants infected with HIV

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1314-1317

  Maree, Leana ^a   Van Zyl, Gert U ^a   Lotter, Shelley L ^a   De Beer, Corena ^a   Esser, Monika M ^a   Preiser, Wolfgang ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Capillus; False negative; HIV antibodies; Pediatric; Rapid test

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; TETANUS TOXOID; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TETANUS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS LOAD; AFRICA; AGE; BLOOD; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2;

EID: 77956599424     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21832     Document Type: Article

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