Chronic and Early Antiretroviral Therapy Impact Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Serological Assay Sensitivity, Leading to More False-Negative Test Results in HIV Diagnosis

Autor: Kristel Van Laethem, Géraldine Dessilly, Katrien Fransen, Sigi Van den Wijngaert, Fien Vanroye, Virginie Mortier, Karolien Stoffels, Koen O A Vercauteren, Laurent Debaisieux, Chris Verhofstede, Melissa Depypere, Marie-Luce Delforge, Dolores Vaira, Ellen Vancutsem
Přispěvatelé: Clinical Biology, Supporting clinical sciences, Brussels Heritage Lab, Microbiology and Infection Control
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 222:1660-1669
ISSN: 1537-6613
0022-1899
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa271
Popis: This retrospective study evaluated the reactivity of 3 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) confirmatory assays (INNO-LIA, Geenius, and MP) and 7 HIV rapid tests on samples from 2 different study populations in Belgium. For the early-treated cohort (83 HIV-1 adult patients treated within 3 months after infection), HIV-1 diagnosis was not obtained in at least 1 confirmatory assay in 12.0% (10/83) and in an HIV rapid test in 31.3% (26/83). Confirmation assay sensitivities ranged from 87.5% to 95.2%, whereas rapid test assay sensitivities ranged from 75.9% to 100%. The time to treatment initiation or the length of time on treatment did not have a statistical influence on the probability to obtain a false-negative test result. The fastest reversion was demonstrated after 4 months of treatment. Among the long-term treated cohort (390 HIV-1 patients with ≥ 9 years of undetectable viral load), false-negative test results were found in at least 1 HIV confirmatory assay for 2.1% (8/390) of the patients and in a HIV rapid test for 4.9% (19/390). Confirmation assay sensitivities ranged from 98.1% to 99.5%, whereas rapid test sensitivities ranged from 96.2% to 100%. Longer treatment increased nonreactivity of the HIV rapid tests (P = .033). Undetectable viral load decreases the sensitivities of HIV diagnostic tests, and further monitoring of the performance of serological assays is advised. ispartof: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES vol:222 issue:10 pages:1660-1669 ispartof: location:United States status: published
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