Diagnostics (HIV)
Combination of ELISAs Is Reliable, Cost-Effective
Published in Blood Weekly, March 9th, 1998
The high cost of existing differentiation assays and cross-reactivity makes the serologic distinction between HIV-1 and HIV-2 difficult, noted John N. Nkengasong, Project RETRO-CI, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and colleagues.
Nkengasong et al. evaluated a strategy, based on a combination of monospecific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (CME) to determine its accuracy and cost-effectiveness.
They used a large panel of sera, obtained from individuals living in Abidjan, Ivory...
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