The Multispot rapid HIV-1/HIV-2 differentiation assay is comparable with the Western blot and an immunofluorescence assay at confirming HIV infection in a prospective study in three regions of the United States

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL1, 2013, Pages

  Pandori, Mark W ^a   Westheimer, Emily ^b   Gay, Cindy ^c   Moss, Nicholas ^d   Fu, Jie ^b   Hightow Weidman, Lisa B ^c   Craw, Jason ^e   Hall, Laura ^e   Giancotti, Francesca R ^b   Mak, Mae Ling ^a   Madayag, Carmela ^a   Tsoi, Benjamin ^b   Louie, Brian ^a   Patel, Pragna ^f   Owen, S Michele ^f   Peters, Philip J ^f  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Alameda County Public Health   (United States)

^e ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; HIV; HIV serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALGORITHMS; HIV; HIV SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890230129     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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