Low specificity of determine HIV1/2 RDT using whole blood in South West Tanzania

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Kroidl, Inge ^a   Clowes, Petra ^b   Mwalongo, Wolfram ^b   Maganga, Lucas ^b   Maboko, Leonard ^b   Kroidl, Arne L ^a,b,c   Geldmacher, Christof ^a,c   Machibya, Harun ^d   Hoelscher, Michael ^a,c   Saathoff, Elmar ^a,c  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NIMR Mbeya Medical Research Programme   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Mbeya Regional Medical Office   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2 INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAT PAK DIPSTICK ASSAY; TANZANIA; VIRUS DETECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863112756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039529     Document Type: Article

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