Low specificity of determine HIV1/2 RDT using whole blood in south west Tanzania.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of two rapid detection tests (RDTs) for HIV 1/2 in plasma and in whole blood samples. METHODS: More than 15,000 study subjects above the age of two years participated in two rounds of a cohort study to determine the prevalence of HIV. HIV testing was...

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Main Authors: Inge Kroidl, Petra Clowes, Wolfram Mwalongo, Lucas Maganga, Leonard Maboko, Arne L Kroidl, Christof Geldmacher, Harun Machibya, Michael Hoelscher, Elmar Saathoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3387183?pdf=render