Preparing to Meet Proposed CDC Guidelines for HIV Testing: Transition From 3rd to 4th Generation Screening and From Western Blot to BioRad Multispot Confirmation With HIV-1/2 Differentiation
Autor: | Mary Ellen Boyle, Kelly Michels, Philip J. Boyer, Bryce W. Noll, Aaron Squires |
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Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Zdroj: | American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 140:A122-A122 |
ISSN: | 1943-7722 0002-9173 |
Popis: | With the goals of detecting acute human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection as soon after exposure as possible and identifying difficult-to-treat HIV-2 infections, the proposed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines recommend (1) the use of a combined antibody and antigen (4th generation) screen rather than an antibody-only (3rd generation) screening test (both detect but do not differentiate HIV-1 … |
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