Evaluation of HIV testing algorithms in Ethiopia: the role of the tie-breaker algorithm and weakly reacting test lines in contributing to a high rate of false positive HIV diagnoses

BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia a tiebreaker algorithm using 3 rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) in series is used to diagnose HIV. Discordant results between the first 2 RDTs are resolved by a third ‘tiebreaker’ RDT. Médecins Sans Frontières uses an alternate serial algorithm of 2 RDTs followed by a confirmati...

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Publicado no:BMC Infect Dis
Main Authors: Shanks, Leslie, Siddiqui, M Ruby, Kliescikova, Jarmila, Pearce, Neil, Ariti, Cono, Muluneh, Libsework, Pirou, Erwan, Ritmeijer, Koert, Masiga, Johnson, Abebe, Almaz
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: BioMed Central 2015
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4331460/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25645240
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-0769-3
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