Potential for false-positive HIV test results using rapid HIV testing algorithms

• Main Authors: Rosemary A. Audu (Author), Rosemary N. Okoye (Author), Chika K. Onwuamah (Author), Fehintola A. Ige (Author), Adesola Z. Musa (Author), Nkiruka N. Odunukwe (Author), Daniel I. Onwujekwe (Author), Oliver C. Ezechi (Author), Emmanuel O. Idigbe (Author), Phyllis J. Kanki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In order to scale up access to HIV counselling and testing in Nigeria, an HIV diagnostic algorithm based on rapid testing was adopted. However, there was the need to further evaluate the testing strategy in order to better assess its performance, because of the potential for false positi...