Point-of-care testing

Current HIV/AIDS Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-37

  Anderson, David A ^a,b   Crowe, Suzanne M ^a,b   Garcia, Mary ^a  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CD4; HIV; Monitoring; Neonatal diagnosis; p24; PCR; Pima; Point of care; Rapid testing; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; NEWBORN INFECTION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS LOAD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 79952697435     PISSN: 15483568     EISSN: 15483576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11904-010-0067-z     Document Type: Review

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