EVALUATION OF A 2-MINUTE ANTI-HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS (HIV) TESTUSING THE AUTOLOGOUS ERYTHROCYTE AGGLUTINATION TECHNIQUE WITH POPULATIONS DIFFERING IN HIV PREVALENCE

Authors
SIRIVICHAYAKUL S PHANUPHAK P TANPRASERT S THANOMCHAT S UNEKLABH C PHUTIPRAWAN T MUNGKLAVIRAT C PANJURAI Y
Citation
S. Sirivichayakul et al., EVALUATION OF A 2-MINUTE ANTI-HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS (HIV) TESTUSING THE AUTOLOGOUS ERYTHROCYTE AGGLUTINATION TECHNIQUE WITH POPULATIONS DIFFERING IN HIV PREVALENCE, Journal of clinical microbiology, 31(5), 1993, pp. 1373-1375
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
31
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1373 - 1375
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1993)31:5<1373:EOA2A(>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A total of 1,800 blood specimens (1,000 from healthy blood donors, 300 from patients with sexually transmitted diseases, and 500 from intrav enous drug users) were simultaneously tested with anti-human immunodef iciency virus enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits and a new ly developed 2-min test for anti-human immunodeficiency virus based on the principle of autologous erythrocyte agglutination (AGEN Biomedica l Limited). We found that AGEN's rapid test was as sensitive and speci fic as the other ELISA kits.