False-positive HIV DNA PCR testing of infants: Implications in a changing epidemic

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 149-152

  Feucht, Ute ^a   Forsyth, Brian ^b   Kruger, Mariana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84857680785     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.4951     Document Type: Review

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