Evaluation of pooling strategies for acute HIV-1 infection screening using nucleic acid amplification testing

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3667-3668

  Sullivan, Timothy J ^a   Patel, Pragna ^b   Hutchinson, Angela ^b   Ethridge, Steven F ^b   Parker, Monica M ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POOLING STRATEGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PLASMA; RNA, VIRAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 80053514807     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00650-11     Document Type: Article

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