HIV/AIDS Therapy
Research on HIV/AIDS therapy described by scientists at University of Rio Grande
Published in AIDS Weekly, October 22nd, 2007
Researchers detail in 'Hepatitis C virus (HCV) viremia in HIV-infected patients without HCV antibodies detectable by third-generation enzyme immunoassay,' new data in HIV/AIDS. "' The detection of hepatitis C virus antibody (anti-HCV) by enzyme immunoassay to screen HCV infection in HIV-1-infected individuals may yield false negative results, especially in patients with advanced immunosuppression. In such cases, a diagnosis would be possible only by use of a viral RNA detection technique," scientists in Porto Alegre, Brazil report.
"Third-generation anti-HCV enzyme immunoassays seem to have superior performance compared to second-generation immunoassays in this context....
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2007-10-22)
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