Sensitivity and specificity of Point-of-Care rapid combination syphilis-HIV-HCV tests

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Hess, Kristen L ^a   Fisher, Dennis G ^a   Reynolds, Grace L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DPP HIV HCV SYPHILIS RAPID TEST; DPP HIV SYPHILIS RAPID TEST; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C RAPID TEST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIV RAPID TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREVALENCE; RAPID TEST; REAGIN TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM PASSIVE PARTICLE AGGLUTINATION TEST; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; EVALUATION STUDY; HIV INFECTIONS; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84910595269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112190     Document Type: Article

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