The performance of 5 rapid HIV tests using whole blood in infants and children: Selecting a test to achieve the clinical objective

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-272

  Sherman, Gayle G ^a,b,c   Lilian, Rivka R ^c   Coovadia, Ashraf H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

child; diagnostic accuracy; human immunodeficiency virus; rapid test; seroreversion

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857626167     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31823752a0     Document Type: Article

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