Low specificity of the Murex fourth-generation HIV enzyme immunoassay in Tanzanian adolescents.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on October 22, 2007

Authors

Dean B Everett1, Helen A Weiss, John Changalucha, Alessandra Anemona, Tobias Chirwa, David A Ross, Deborah Watson-Jones, John V Parry, Richard Hayes, David C Mabey

Author Affiliations

1: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

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