Screening for cryptococcal antigenemia using the lateral flow assay in antiretroviral therapy-naïve HIV-positive adults at an Ethiopian hospital clinic.
(2015) In BMC Research Notes 8(1).- Abstract
- Since treatment for latent cryptococcal infection (CI) before starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces mortality in HIV-infected subjects, screening for cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) in blood is recommended for individuals with CD4 cell counts < 100 cells/µL in regions with high CI prevalence. We assessed CrAg screening using the lateral flow assay in HIV-infected adults eligible for ART in central Ethiopia.
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- author
- Reepalu, Anton LU ; Balcha, Taye LU ; Yitbarek, Tadele ; Jarso, Godana ; Sturegård, Erik LU and Björkman, Per LU
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- publishing date
- 2015
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- BMC Research Notes
- volume
- 8
- issue
- 1
- article number
- 702
- publisher
- BioMed Central (BMC)
- external identifiers
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- pmid:26597840
- scopus:84958928518
- pmid:26597840
- ISSN
- 1756-0500
- DOI
- 10.1186/s13104-015-1707-6
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 33c1e69b-3014-45df-80fd-df2fb8a502a8 (old id 8234765)
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