Laboratory Diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Proffitt, Max R.; Yen‐Lieberman, Belinda

doi:10.1016/s0891-5520(20)30519-5

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“…Successive generations of EIA tests for HIV have improved in their sensitivity and specificity and now have a sensitivity of nearly 100% (1,2). Because of this high sensitivity, it is standard practice in blood banks worldwide to use a single EIA test for HIV screening (3)(4)(5).…”

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Evaluation of the concomitant use of two different EIA tests for HIV screening in blood banks

Otani¹,

Salles²,

Barreto³

et al. 2003

Rev Panam Salud Publica

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Our data do not support the use of two different, concomitant EIA screening tests for HIV. The great majority of HIV-positive donors have already seroconverted and will be detected using only a single EIA screening test. Only persons who are going through the process of seroconversion may be missed by using a single EIA test and detected using two EIAs for screening. To screen out these individuals and decrease the residual risk of HIV transmission from the blood donated in our center, the use of other techniques, such as nucleic acid testing (NAT) or a p24 antigen assay, would be more effective.

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Evaluation of the concomitant use of two different EIA tests for HIV screening in blood banks

Otani¹,

Salles²,

Barreto³

et al. 2003

Rev Panam Salud Publica

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“…This procedure does not involve the use of proteins derived from infectious agents or human sera and is consequently safer for a student investigation. In addition, one protein band is visualized instead of a minimum of two bands in the HIV test (5). This greatly simplifies student interpretation of experimental results.…”

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A Convenient and Highly Specific Western Blot Experiment for Introductory Biochemistry

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False-Positive and Indeterminate Human Immunodeficiency Virus Test Results in Pregnant Women

Doran

Parra²

2000

Archives of Family Medicine

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Guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga, recommend that all pregnant women be offered human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing to ensure that they have the opportunity to use currently available therapeutic interventions to reduce the risk infecting their offspring with HIV. These recommendations have resulted in an increased number of low-risk women being tested and a significant rise in the percentage of false-positive results from HIV antibody screening tests and ambiguous (indeterminate) findings from confirmatory tests. Women receiving such results are generally in emotional turmoil yet must make treatment choices if they prove to be infected. This article provides guidelines to help general medical practitioners to understand the nature of HIV testing, to assess a woman's infection status when initial tests are ambiguous, and to determine when treatment is appropriate.

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Laboratory Diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Cited by 28 publications

References 74 publications

Evaluation of the concomitant use of two different EIA tests for HIV screening in blood banks

Evaluation of the concomitant use of two different EIA tests for HIV screening in blood banks

A Convenient and Highly Specific Western Blot Experiment for Introductory Biochemistry

False-Positive and Indeterminate Human Immunodeficiency Virus Test Results in Pregnant Women

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