The failure of routine rapid HIV testing: A case study of improving low sensitivity in the field

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wolpaw, Benjamin J ^a   Mathews, Catherine ^a,b   Chopra, Mickey ^c   Hardie, Diana ^d   De Azevedo, Virginia ^e   Jennings, Karen ^e   Lurie, Mark N ^f  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b University of the Western Modderdam Road   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e Cape Town City Health Department   (South Africa)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; POVERTY; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; POVERTY; QUALITY CONTROL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80053240017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-73     Document Type: Article

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