Long term monitoring of three automated HIV 4th generation combined antibody/antigen screening assays

Current HIV Research

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 578-583

  Franz, Mirjam ^a   Sagel, Ulrich ^b   Borgmann, Stefan ^a,c  

^a SYNLAB ACADEMY   (Germany)

^b Hospital of St Pölten Lilienfeld   (Austria)

^c KLINIKUM INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Long term monitoring; Negative predictive value (npv); Positive predictive value (ppv)

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROCESS MONITORING; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867641378     PISSN: 1570162X     EISSN: 18734251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016212803306041     Document Type: Article

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