Evaluation of the Determine™ fourth generation HIV rapid assay

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 180-183

  Brauer, Marieke ^a   De Villiers, Johanna C ^a   Mayaphi, Simnikiwe H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acute; Fourth generation test; HIV; Rapid; Seroconversion

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY; VIRUS DETECTION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV ANTIGENS; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2;

EID: 84875487932     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2013.01.017     Document Type: Article

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