Rapid HIV tests in acute care settings in an area of low HIV prevalence in Canada

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 66-71

  Lee, Bonita E ^a,c   Plitt, Sabrina ^b   Fenton, Jayne ^a   Preiksaitis, Jutta K ^c   Singh, Ameeta E ^c  

^a PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute illness; Blood and body fluid exposure; Canada; HIV; Pregnancy; Rapid test

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY FLUID; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN AREA; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; ALBERTA; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2;

EID: 79451470315     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.12.022     Document Type: Article

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