Diagnostic accuracy of the point-of-care xpert HIV-1 viral load assay in a south african HIV clinic

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2016, Pages e45-e48

  Garrett, Nigel J ^a   Drain, Paul K ^b   Werner, Lise ^a   Samsunder, Natasha ^a   Abdool Karim, Salim S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICAN; VIRUS LOAD; BLACK PERSON; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84960158033     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000978     Document Type: Letter

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