Performance of the Focus HerpeSelect-2 enzyme immunoassay for the detection of herpes simplex virus type 2 antibodies in seven African countries

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 238-241

  Mujugira, Andrew ^a   Morrow, Rhoda Ashley ^a   Celum, Connie ^a   Lingappa, Jairam ^a,b   Delany Moretlwe, Sinead ^c   Fife, Kenneth H ^d   Heffron, Renee ^a   De Bruyn, Guy ^c   Homawoo, Brigitte ^e,f   Karita, Etienne ^f   Mugo, Nelly ^g   Vwalika, Bellington ^h   Baeten, Jared M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f Rwanda Zambia HIV Research Group   (Rwanda)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^h Rwanda Zambia HIV 1 Research Group   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ENZYME;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953085949     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2010.047415     Document Type: Article

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