Accounting for False Positive HIV Tests: Is Visceral Leishmaniasis Responsible?

Accounting for False Positive HIV Tests: Is Visceral Leishmaniasis Responsible?

Co-infection with HIV and visceral leishmaniasis is an important consideration in treatment of either disease in endemic areas. Diagnosis of HIV in resource-limited settings relies on rapid diagnostic tests used together in an algorithm. A limitation of the HIV diagnostic algorithm is that it is vul...

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Main Authors: Leslie Shanks, Koert Ritmeijer, Erwan Piriou, M Ruby Siddiqui, Jarmila Kliescikova, Neil Pearce, Cono Ariti, Libsework Muluneh, Johnson Masiga, Almaz Abebe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4498794?pdf=render

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