Field accuracy of HIV rapid diagnostic tests for blood donors screening, Bukavu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo | Zendy

Théophile Mitima Kashosi | Zendy; Céléstin Bisangamo Kyambikwa | Zendy; Philémon Mbarabara Mulongo | Zendy; Jean B. Nachega | Zendy

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Field accuracy of HIV rapid diagnostic tests for blood donors screening, Bukavu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Author(s) -

Théophile Mitima Kashosi,

Céléstin Bisangamo Kyambikwa,

Philémon Mbarabara Mulongo,

Jean B. Nachega

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.9774

Subject(s) - gold standard (test) , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , context (archaeology) , kappa , confidence interval , immunology , biology , mathematics , paleontology , geometry

Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are widely used for point-of-care. point-of-care diagnosis of HIV infection in resource-limited settings. However, there are no data about their field diagnostic performance in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), especially in the context of blood banks screening for transfusion safety purpose.

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