Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Western blot: revised diagnostic criteria with fewer indeterminate results for epidemiological studies in Africa.

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Published in Int J Epidemiol on October 01, 2002

Authors

Cédric Mahé1, Pontiano Kaleebu, Amato Ojwiya, James A G Whitworth

Author Affiliations

1: Medical Research Council Programme on AIDS in Uganda, Uganda Virus Research Institute, PO Box 49, Entebbe, Uganda. mahe@iarc.fr

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