High frequency of false-positive hepatitis C virus enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in Rakai, Uganda

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1747-1750

  Mullis, Caroline E ^a   Laeyendecker, Oliver ^a,b   Reynolds, Steven J ^a,b   Ocama, Ponsiano ^c   Quinn, Jeffrey ^a   Boaz, Iga ^d   Gray, Ronald H ^e   Kirk, Gregory D ^e   Thomas, David L ^a   Quinn, Thomas C ^a,b   Stabinski, Lara ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d RAKAI HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM   (Uganda)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; ELISA; hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UGANDA;

AFRICA; ELISA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890096718     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit602     Document Type: Article

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