HIV infection in Xi’an, China: epidemic characterization, risk factors to false positives and potential utility of the sample-to-cutoff index to identify true positives using Architect HIV Ag/Ab combo

Abstract Background In China, although tremendous efforts has been made, the HIV/AIDS is still not controlled. Objectives The study was carried out to determine the epidemic of HIV infection in Xi’an, analyse false positives (FP) risk factors and potential utility of sample-to-cutoff index to identi...

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Main Authors: Linchuan Wang, Yao Xiao, Xu-Dong Tian, Jin-xiong Ruan, Wei Chen, Yan Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-019-0463-0