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Comparison of six serological assays for human immunodeficiency virus antibody detection in developing countries.
Van de Perre, P; Nzaramba, D; Allen, S; Riggin, C H; Sprecher-Goldberger, S; Butzler, J P.
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  • Van de Perre P; AIDS Project, Belgian Rwandese Medical Cooperation, Kigali, Rwanda.
J Clin Microbiol ; 26(3): 552-6, 1988 Mar.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3281979
Three commercially available assays for the detection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies-Vironostika enzyme immunoassay (EIA), Wellcozyme competitive EIA, and JLC Allaman indirect immunofluorescence assay--were tested on 300 serum samples from African subjects with and without HIV-related conditions. Two experimental assays both rapid and simple to perform (Biotech dip stick and Cambridge Bioscience latex agglutination) were also evaluated on the same serum samples. The results were compared with those of a commercial Western blot (WB) (immunoblot) assay from Biotech, used as the reference technique. All assays were tested in the laboratory of the AIDS Project in Kigali, Rwanda. Calculated specificity ranged from 90.8% (dip stick) to 98.6% (Vironostika EIA, Wellcozyme competitive EIA, and Cambridge Bioscience latex agglutination). Sensitivity ranged from 95.2% (Cambridge Bioscience latex agglutination) to 98.0% (Vironstika EIA) and JLC indirect immunofluorescence assay). However, the sensitivity of the latex agglutination test improved to 98.6% after the prozone effect was controlled for by serial twofold dilution of latex agglutination-negative, WB-positive samples. In situations with a high prevalence of HIV infection, any one of these tests can be regarded as an alternative to the more expensive, time-consuming, and difficult WB assay.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: HIV / Países em Desenvolvimento / Anticorpos Antivirais Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans País como assunto: Africa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 1988 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: HIV / Países em Desenvolvimento / Anticorpos Antivirais Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans País como assunto: Africa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 1988 Tipo de documento: Article