Low specificity of HIV-testing on sputum specimens kept at ambient temperatures for 4 to 7 days: a blinded comparison

BACKGROUND: HIV testing on sputum using the QraQuick HIV1/2(® )assay has high sensitivity and specificity, and holds promise for application in tuberculosis surveys. Its performance under conditions that may occur during surveys in resource-poor countries is however, unknown. We assessed, in a blind...

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Hlavní autoři: Egwaga, Saidi M, Chonde, Timothy M, Matee, Mecky I, Mfinanga, Sayoki G, Ngowi, Prosper E, Lwilla, Fred, Cobelens, Frank GJ
Médium: Artigo
Jazyk:Inglês
Vydáno: BioMed Central 2007
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On-line přístup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2072942/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17880720
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6890-7-8
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