Poor specificity of urinary cryptococcal antigen testing Reply to Drain et al. Prevalence of cryptococcal antigenuria at initial HIV diagnosis in KwaZulu-Natal

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作者
Tenforde, M. W. [1 ,2 ]
Longley, N. [3 ]
Meya, D. B. [4 ,5 ]
Boulware, D. R. [4 ]
Meintjes, G. [6 ,7 ]
Goercke, I. [8 ]
Harrison, T. S. [3 ]
Jarvis, J. N. [1 ,9 ,10 ]
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[1] Botswana UPenn Partnership, 244G Room 103,UB Main Campus, Gaborone, Botswana
[2] Univ Washington, Dept Global Hlth, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[3] St Georges Univ London, Ctr Infect, London, England
[4] Univ Minnesota, Dept Med, Div Infect Dis & Int Med, Box 736 UMHC, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
[5] Makerere Univ, Infect Dis Inst Collect Hlth Sci, Kampala, Uganda
[6] Univ Cape Town, Inst Infect Dis & Mol Med, Fac Hlth Sci, Cape Town, South Africa
[7] Univ Cape Town, Dept Med, Fac Hlth Sci, Cape Town, South Africa
[8] Univ Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
[9] London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, Fac Infect Dis & Trop Med, London, England
[10] Univ Penn, Dept Med, Perelman Sch Med, Div Infect Dis, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; INFECTED PERSONS; MENINGITIS; TANZANIA;
D O I
10.1111/hiv.12319
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R51 [传染病];
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