A simple semi-rapid HIV-1&2 confirmatory immunoassay using magnetic particles.
J Virol Methods
; 115(2): 191-8, 2004 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-14667535
ABSTRACT
The Bionor HIV-1&2 Confirmatory Test is a semi-rapid simple immunoassay based on magnetic particles for the confirmation of serological status to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The specificity and sensitivity of this assay was evaluated by comparison with the Diagnostic Biotechnology HIV-1 Western blot (WB) 2.2 and the HIV-2/SBL-6669 WB. Bionor's confirmatory test demonstrated 98% specificity when testing sero-negative blood donors and false positive sera in screening tests compared to 81.5 and 71.6%, respectively, using the HIV-1 WB. The sensitivity of this assay for HIV-1 antibody positive sera was 97.9% compared to the WB which was 99.5%. When testing confirmed HIV-2 antibody positive samples, 2/100 scored negative using this confirmatory test similar to other HIV-2 peptide-based line immunoassays available commercially, whilst 8/100 were indeterminate reacting to HIV-2 membrane antigens only. Bionor's confirmatory test detected HIV-1 seropositivity earlier than the WB in longitudinal seroconversion panels and could discriminate between HIV-1 and -2 infection. The number of indeterminate responses was generally reduced significantly using Bionor's confirmatory test compared to the HIV-1 WB. The greater specificity, speed and ease of interpretation of Bionor's confirmatory test renders it an attractive and cost effective alternative to the WB for confirming HIV serological status worldwide.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Virologia
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Imunoensaio
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Sorodiagnóstico da AIDS
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HIV-1
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HIV-2
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Evaluation_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Virol Methods
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Noruega