False Positive Rate of Rapid Oral Fluid HIV Tests Increases as Kits Near Expiration Date
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False Positive Rate of Rapid Oral Fluid HIV Tests Increases as Kits Near Expiration Date
BACKGROUND Because a recent cluster of false positive results on the OraQuick ADVANCE Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test occurred in San Francisco on test kits close to their expiration date, we decided to assess the relationship between time to expiration and rate of false positive results from tests used with oral fluid. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We analyzed results of 20,904 tests with eithe...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008217