A breakthrough urine-based diagnostic test for HIV-associated tuberculosis

The Lancet

Volumn 387, Issue 10024, 2016, Pages 1139-1141

  Kerkhoff, Andrew D ^a,b,d   Lawn, Stephen D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOARABINOMANNAN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HIV ASSOCIATED TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMIZED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PANDEMIC; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; TUBERCULOSIS RAPID TEST; URINALYSIS; URINE LIPOARABINOMANNAN TESTING; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; FEMALE; MALE; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; URINE;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84961215714     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00146-X     Document Type: Note

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