Evaluation of the SD BIOLINE HIV/syphilis Duo assay at a rural health center in Southwestern Uganda

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Omoding, Daniel ^a,b   Katawera, Victoria ^a,b   Siedner, Mark ^c   Boum, Yap ^a,b  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Duo kit; HIV; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UGANDA;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UGANDA;

EID: 84964315677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-746     Document Type: Article

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