Performance of a modified HIV-1 p24 antigen assay for early diagnosis of HIV-1 infection in infants and prediction of mother-to-infant transmission of HIV-1 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 421-426

  Lyamuya, E ^a   Bredberg Raden U ^b   Massawe, A ^a   Urassa, E ^a   Kawo, G ^a   Msemo, G ^a   Kazimoto, T ^a   Ostborn A ^b   Karlsson, K ^b   Mhalu, F ^a   Biberfeld, G ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; Early diagnosis; Human immunodeficiency type 1 infection; p24 antigen; Predictive marker; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 9344259105     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199608010-00014     Document Type: Article

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