A Human Immunodeficiency Virus Screening Algorithm to Address the High Rate of False-Positive Results in Pregnant Women in Japan

• Takako Shima-Sano ,

  * E-mail: sano.ipn@pref.kanagawa.jp

  Affiliations Division of Microbiology, Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Kanagawa, Japan, Department of Health Care Management and Planning, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Rika Yamada,

  Affiliation Center for Women's and Children's Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Ishikawa, Japan

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• Kazuyo Sekita,

  Affiliation Health Sciences Research Institute, Incorporated, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Raleigh W. Hankins,

  Affiliation Health Sciences Research Institute, Incorporated, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Hiromasa Hori,

  Affiliation Hori Maternity Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Hiroshi Seto,

  Affiliation Seto Hospital, Saitama, Japan

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• Koji Sudo,

  Affiliations Division of Microbiology, Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Kanagawa, Japan, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Makiko Kondo,

  Affiliation Division of Microbiology, Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Kazuo Kawahara,

  Affiliation Department of Health Care Management and Planning, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yuki Tsukahara,

  Affiliation Division of Obstetrics, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

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• Noriyuki Inaba,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

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• Shingo Kato,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Mitsunobu Imai

  Affiliation Division of Microbiology, Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Kanagawa, Japan

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