Clinical evaluation of the determine HIV-1/2 Ag/Ab combo test

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1947-1949

  Jones, Clifford B ^a   Kuldanek, Kristin ^b   Muir, David ^a   Phekoo, Karen ^b   Black, Adam ^a   Sacks, Rachel ^a   Smith, Alan ^a   Fidler, Sarah ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMBO TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870170491     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis617     Document Type: Letter

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