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dc.contributor.authorJourbert, J.J.
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Africaen_GB
dc.coverage.spatialGabon.en_GB
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-28T15:37:36Z
dc.date.available2014-11-28T15:37:36Z
dc.date.issued2003-11
dc.identifier.citationJourbert, J.J. [et al] (2003) A cost-effective particle agglutination assay to detect viral antibodies in dried blood spots — a simple solution to HIV and HCV screening, CAJM vol. 49, No. 11. Harare, Avondale: CAJM.,en_GB
dc.identifier.issn0008-9176
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/5258
dc.descriptionA CAJM HIV/AIDS survey.en_GB
dc.description.abstractDuring the 1980s epidemiological data available on HIV indicated a low HIV seroprevalence in South Africa compared to the rest of Africa. In support of this, a study indicated a negative HIV incidence among adult Venda men and women diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases. This correlated, at the time, with a negative incidence of HIV in the Kwa-Zulu region of South Africa. Other studies compared the incidence of HIV in Kwa-Zulu in 1985 and again in 1991. These authors reported an extremely low HIV statistical incidence (12/100 000) in 1985, but by 1991 the incidence of HIV in Kwa-Zulu had increased almost 200-fold, to 2 200/100 000. Nine years later, the situation was alarmingly different, with the South African Department of Health assessing that about 10% of the South African population was HIV positive. A rapid increase in HIV seroprevalence prompts the need for a simple, rapid and effective method of screening blood samples for epidemiological survey. A valid assessment of HIV seroprevalence is aided by unlinked anonymous screening — informed consent and councelling is not necessary — making use of simple but accurate assays. Trends in HIV seroprevalence can be determined by repeat surveys.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherCentral African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabween_GB
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en_GB
dc.subjectHIV/AIDSen_GB
dc.titleA cost-effective particle agglutination assay to detect viral antibodies in dried blood spots: a simple solution to HIV and HCV screeningen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Zimbabween_GB


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