Short Communication: Simplified Estimation of the Long-Term Specificity of the BED Assay to Improve...
Short Communication: Simplified Estimation of the Long-Term Specificity of the BED Assay to Improve Estimates of HIV Incidence
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New Rochelle, NY: Liebert
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New Rochelle, NY: Liebert
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The BED assay overestimates HIV incidence because a proportion, epsilon (epsilon), of chronically infected people test "false-recent." In the ZVITAMBO trial, 2796 postpartum women tested HIV positive at baseline and 5.1% tested "false-recent" by BED 12 months later, providing a population-based estimate of epsilon. At baseline, 7.2% (95% CI: 5.3-9....
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Short Communication: Simplified Estimation of the Long-Term Specificity of the BED Assay to Improve Estimates of HIV Incidence
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_807285912
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_807285912
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0889-2229
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1931-8405
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10.1089/aid.2010.0009
