Response to "Rapid tests for HIV type discrimination in West Africa may perform differently"
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Response to "Rapid tests for HIV type discrimination in West Africa may perform differently"
Comment on
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  Re-testing and misclassification of HIV-2 and HIV-1&2 dually reactive patients among the HIV-2 cohort of the West African Database to evaluate AIDS collaboration.J Int AIDS Soc. 2014 Aug 11;17(1):19064. doi: 10.7448/IAS.17.1.19064. eCollection 2014. J Int AIDS Soc. 2014. PMID: 25128907 Free PMC article.
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  Rapid tests for HIV type discrimination in West Africa may perform differently.J Int AIDS Soc. 2015 Jan 20;18(1):19460. doi: 10.7448/IAS.18.1.19460. eCollection 2015. J Int AIDS Soc. 2015. PMID: 25609215 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
 
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