HIV/AIDS Diagnostics
HIV antibody/antigen assays perform better than antibody-only assays
Published in Blood Weekly, March 10th, 2005
"In this study, we evaluated the performance of six HIV combined p24 antigen and antibody (Ag/Ab) assays versus two third-generation anti-HIV antibody assays.
"The assays were evaluated using p24 antigen panel of 31 HIV-1 subtypes (n=124), 25 HIV-1 seroconversion panels (n=176) HIV-1 antibody positive samples including group M subtypes and group 0 (n=559), HIV-2 positive samples (n=110), and unselected HIV negative samples from four French private laboratories (n=1005)," researchers in France report.
"The results showed that, overall, HIV combined Ag/Ab assays...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2005-03-10)
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