Rapid HIV tests: From meta-analysis to field application

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 356-357

  Leung, Chi Chiu ^a   Lee, Shui Shan ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84862824207     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70003-8     Document Type: Letter

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