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Causes of false-positive HIV rapid diagnostic test results

Klarkowiski D, O'Brien DP, Shanks L, Singh KR
2014-01-01 • Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy
2014-01-01 • Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy
HIV rapid diagnostic tests have enabled widespread implementation of HIV programs in resource-limited settings. If the tests used in the diagnostic algorithm are susceptible to the same ...
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Variation in specificity of HIV rapid diagnostic tests over place and time: an analysis of discordancy data using a Bayesian approach

Klarkowiski D, Glass K, O'Brien DP, Lokuge K, Piriou E,  et al.
2013-11-25 • PLOS One
2013-11-25 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
Recent trends to earlier access to anti-retroviral treatment underline the importance of accurate HIV diagnosis. The WHO HIV testing strategy recommends the use of two or ...
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False positive HIV diagnoses in resource limited settings: operational lessons learned for HIV programmes

Shanks L, Klarkowiski D, O'Brien DP
2013-03-20 • PLOS One
2013-03-20 • PLOS One
Access to HIV diagnosis is life-saving; however the use of rapid diagnostic tests in combination is vulnerable to wrongly diagnosing HIV infection when both screening tests give a false ...