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Accounting for False Positive HIV Tests: Is Visceral Leishmaniasis Responsible? [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Co-infection with HIV and visceral leishmaniasis is an important consideration in treatment of either disease in endemic areas. Diagnosis of HIV in resource-limited settings relies on rapid diagnostic tests used together in an algorithm.
Leslie Shanks, Koert Ritmeijer, Erwan Piriou, M Ruby Siddiqui, Jarmila Kliescikova, Neil Pearce, Cono Ariti, Libsework Muluneh, Johnson Masiga, Almaz Abebe   +9 more
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Clinical characteristics and cause analysis of false-positive results in treponemal testing among patients

Annals of Medicine
Background Currently, there is a dearth of systematic research data on the phenomenon of false-positive reactions in treponemal tests. The aim of this study is to analyze the clinical characteristics and influencing factors associated with false-positive
Wei Wang, Xuzhou Fan, Keyi Zhou, Qianqian Chen, Xuelian Huang   +4 more
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Detection of biological false positive syphilis serum reactions. [PDF]

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, 1974
A comparative evaluation of reagin tests (Wassermann, VDRL, RPR) and fluorescent treponema antibody absorption tests (FTA-ABS) performed on blood specimens from 5 271 persons (2 493 pregnant women, 1 130 apparently healthy prospective employees, 1 345 newborn babies and 303 leprosy patients) showed that 17,2% of the pregnant women, 11,95% of the ...
Brede, H. D., Willey, K. D. F., Kindermann, R. A., Finlayson, M. H.   +3 more
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False-positive results of galactomannan assays in patients administered glucose-containing solutions

Scientific Reports
Galactomannan (GM) is a polysaccharide cell wall component released by Aspergillus spp., and an immunoenzymatic GM assay is used for the diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. We evaluated the cause of strong positivity for GM in patients with no
Dong Woo Shin, Jungwon Cho, Kyung Suk Choi, Jungwha Lee, Yunsang Choi, Seong Jin Choi, Sang-A Kim, Song Mi Moon, Eu Suk Kim, Hong Bin Kim, Kyoung Un Park, Yun Ji Hong, Kyoung-Ho Song   +12 more
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Evaluating the causes associated with false positive Galactomannan assay in suspected cases of respiratory fungal infections

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Introduction: The circulating GM antigen is considered an important and reliable biomarker according to the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Mycosis Study Group (EORTC/MSG) guidelines.
Parul Garg, Shipra Suyal, Desh Deepak, Sneha Hembrom, Ankit K. Chauhan, Nirmalajit Kaur, Shalini Malhotra   +6 more
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Familiarity breeds distortion: the effects of media exposure on false reports concerning media coverage of the terrorist attacks in London on 7 July 2005 [PDF]

, 2008
The present experiment investigated whether increased media exposure could lead to an increase in memory distortions regarding a traumatic public event: the explosion of the No. 30 bus in Tavistock Square, London on 7 July 2005.
Julie Udell, Udell, J, Emma Roos af Hjelmsäter, Granhag, P., Roos Af Hjelmsäter, Emma,, Roos af Hjelmsater, E., James Ost, Udell, Julie, Pär-Anders Granhag, Ost, James, Ost, J, Granhag, Pär-Anders,   +11 more
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Dissociable effects of valence and arousal in adaptive executive control [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Based on introspectionist, semantic, and psychophysiological experimental frameworks, it has long been assumed that all affective states derive from two independent basic dimensions, valence and arousal.
Kuhbandner Christof, Zehetleitner, Michael, Kuhbandner, Christof, Zehetleitner Michael, Christof Kuhbandner, Michael Zehetleitner   +5 more
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Brucella melitensis B115-based ELISA to unravel false positive serologic reactions in bovine brucellosis: a field study

BMC Veterinary Research, 2020
Background Brucellosis is a zoonosis whose incidence is not declining worldwide despite the global effort to control the disease. Accurate and precise diagnosis is a crucial step in any prophylaxis program but single tests to unequivocally detect animals
Adriana Trotta, Mariarosaria Marinaro, Margie Cirilli, Alessio Sposato, Rosanna Adone, Matteo Beverelli, Domenico Buonavoglia, Marialaura Corrente   +7 more
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Seroprevalence of Zika Virus in Wild African Green Monkeys and Baboons

mSphere, 2017
Zika virus (ZIKV) has recently spread through the Americas and has been associated with a range of health effects, including birth defects in children born to women infected during pregnancy. Although the natural reservoir of ZIKV remains poorly defined,
Connor R. Buechler, Adam L. Bailey, Andrea M. Weiler, Gabrielle L. Barry, Meghan E. Breitbach, Laurel M. Stewart, Anna J. Jasinska, Nelson B. Freimer, Cristian Apetrei, Jane E. Phillips-Conroy, Clifford J. Jolly, Jeffrey Rogers, Thomas C. Friedrich, David H. O’Connor   +13 more
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Formaldehyde-releasers: relationship to formaldehyde contact allergy. Contact allergy to formaldehyde and inventory of formaldehyde-releasers [PDF]

, 2009
This is one of series of review articles on formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasers (others: formaldehyde in cosmetics, in clothes and in metalworking fluids and miscellaneous).
Mari-Ann Flyvholm, Menne, T., Gerda Lensen, Pieter-Jan Coenraads, Menne, Torkil, Torkil Menné, Lensen, Gerda, de Groot, A.C., Coenraads, P.J., Lensen, G., Coenraads, Pieter-Jan, Flyvholm, Mari-ann, Anton C de Groot, de Groot, Anton C., de Groot, Anton C, Flyvholm, M.A.   +15 more
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