HIV-1/2 indeterminate Western blot results: follow-up of asymptomatic blood donors in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
The clinical and public health importance of indeterminate results in HIV-1/2 testing is still difficult to evaluate in volunteer blood donors. At Fundação Hemominas, HIV-1/2 ELISA is used as the screening test and, if reactive, is followed by Western blot (WB). We have evaluated 84 blood donors who...
Main Authors: | CARNEIRO-PROIETTI A.B.F., CUNHA I.W., SOUZA M.M., OLIVEIRA D.R., MESQUITA N.M., ANDRADE C.A., CATALAN-SOARES B.C., LIMA-MARTINS M.V.C., PROIETTI F.A. |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
1999-01-01
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Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651999000300004 |
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