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25. The rational use of the HIV antibody test
Author(s) -
Dwyer John M,
Stewart Graeme J,
McDonald Peter J
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1993.tb121789.x
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , test (biology) , medicine , intensive care medicine , immunology , virology , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , biology , paleontology
The clinical skills of the medical profession can be used to identify unsuspected HIV infection in a cost‐effective way. However, other strategies are needed to optimise the detection of HIV infection and achieve the benefits to patients and the community that result from detection.