Screening Test for HTLV-III (AIDS Agent) Antibodies: Specificity, Sensitivity, and Applications

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 253, Issue 2, 1985, Pages 221-225

  Weiss, Stanley H ^a   Goedert, James J ^a   Sarngadharan, M G ^c   Bodner, Anne J ^b   Gallo, Robert C ^a,d   Blattner, William A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Biotech Research Laboratories   (United States)

^c Litton Bionetics Inc   (United States)

^d Flushing Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; BLOOD DONOR; DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; CROSS REACTIONS; DELTARETROVIRUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEPATITIS B; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK;

EID: 84944367524     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1985.03350260073029     Document Type: Article

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