Potential for false positive HIV test results with the serial rapid HIV testing algorithm

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Baveewo, Steven ^a   Kamya, Moses R ^a   Mayanja Kizza, Harriet ^a   Fatch, Robin ^b   Bangsberg, David R ^c   Coates, Thomas ^d   Hahn, Judith A ^b   Wanyenze, Rhoda K ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

False positive; HIV testing algorithm; Qualitative PCR testing; Rapid diagnostic tests

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UGANDA; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DNA, VIRAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HIV; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858325010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-154     Document Type: Article

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