Poor specificity of urinary cryptococcal antigen testing
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Preheating of urine improves the specificity of urinary cryptococcal antigen testing using the lateral flow assay
1 National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (INI), FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2 Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School-Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, New Sout...
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عنوان ژورنال: HIV Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1464-2662
DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12319