Evaluation of a rapid test for the detection of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and 2

Autor: K P, Ng, T L, Saw, A, Baki, J, He, N, Singh, C M, Lyles
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: International journal of STDAIDS. 10(6)
ISSN: 0956-4624
Popis: Hema-Strip HIV-1/2 is a one-step rapid test for the detection of anti-HIV-1/2 antibodies in whole blood. The test requires no expensive equipment and the results are available within 10-15 min. Using 72 known HIV-1 positive samples and 780 high-risk prisoners, the sensitivity and specificity of Hema-Strip HIV-1/2 was found to be comparable to microparticle enzyme immunoassay (MEIA). The data also indicated that Hema-Strip HIV-1/2 is an effective alternate testing system to conventional ELISA where the use of ELISA is not suitable and the result of the HIV testing is needed urgently.
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