False Positive HIV Diagnoses in Resource Limited Settings: Operational Lessons Learned for HIV Programmes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Shanks, Leslie ^a   Klarkowski, Derryck ^a   O'Brien, Daniel P ^a,b  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BURUNDI; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETHIOPIA; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL;

ALGORITHMS; BURUNDI; CLINICAL AUDIT; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; ETHIOPIA; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84875165684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059906     Document Type: Article

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