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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Supplement, July 21, 1989 / Vol. 38 / No. S-7

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  • Alternative Title:
    Interpretation and Use of the Western Blot Assay for Serodiagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infections
  • Journal Article:
    Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Supplement
  • Corporate Authors:
    Centers for Disease Control (U.S.)
  • Description:
    Reported by: Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors and AIDS Program, Center for Infectious Diseases, Public Health Practice Program Office, Centers for Disease Control* The Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors (ASTPHLD) and CDC have collaborated in preparing this report. It includes a description of various interpretive criteria associated with the Western blot test for HIV-1, evaluates the sensitivity and specificity of these criteria as tools for public health practice, and provides recommendations for use of the Western blot and the manner in which to report results in order to provide clinicians and public health policy officials with useful information in their efforts to reach an accurate diagnosis for persons tested for HIV-1 infection. INTRODUCTION
  • Subjects:
  • Source:
    Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Supplement, 1989; v.38, no. 7
  • Series:
    Supplements: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
  • ISSN:
    2380-8950 (print)
  • Pubmed ID:
    2501638
  • Document Type:
    Journal Issue
  • Place as Subject:
    United States
  • Pages in Document:
    5 pdf pages
  • Volume:
    38
  • Issue:
    7
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    urn:sha-512:b3d2f2d34882dcea6ae068dbf17e824d1b56bd4463b7e25969ad4ffb85f78a77a31a1757b924f28fe44b884ca1a3d40524b9f1a51b18bdcd7212474eaa463460
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