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...
| Publicado en: | BMC Infectious Diseases Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 39 - 40 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , |
| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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BioMed Central
2015
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