Measurement of the False Positive Rate in a Screening Program for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections

In a program screening civilian applicants for U.S. military service for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, we studied the frequency of false positive diagnoses retrospectively among applicants seropositive for HIV in a subpopulation with a very low prevalence of infection. That subpopula...

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Published in:	The New England journal of medicine Vol. 319; no. 15; pp. 961 - 964
Main Authors:	Burke, Donald S, Brundage, John F, Redfield, Robert R, Damato, James J, Schable, Charles A, Putman, Pamela, Visintine, Robert, Kim, Howard I
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Boston, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 13.10.1988
Subjects:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - diagnosis Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - epidemiology Adolescent AIDS Armed forces Biological and medical sciences Cloning Disease control Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Enzymes False Positive Reactions Female Health care HIV HIV Seropositivity - diagnosis HIV Seropositivity - epidemiology Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Immunoassay Immunodeficiencies Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies Immunoglobulins Immunology Immunopathology Infections Laboratories Male Mass Screening Medical sciences Medical screening Medical tests Military Personnel Military service Polypeptides Population density Public health Quality control Retrospective Studies United States Western blotting United States Human Immunopathology False positive United States AIDS Hemopathy Serology Military service North America Epidemiology Infection Screening Viral disease America Public health
ISSN:	0028-4793, 1533-4406
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