Testing (HIV)

Study Looks at Discordant HIV-1 Antibody Testing Results

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, September 13th, 1999

Findings regarding the significance of detecting HIV-1 antibodies in the urine of individuals who test negative to HIV-1 in blood tests were reported by scientists from Calypte Biomedical Corp. in the September 1, 1999, issue of Clinical Chemistry.

The paper titled, "Urine Antibody Tests: New Insights Into the Dynamics of HIV-1 Infection," highlights two important findings about people who have discordant HIV-1 antibody testing results (those in which the serum and urine HIV-1 test results disagree). First, the study investigated a mysterious case of AIDS in which a French woman had an AIDS-like disease but consistently tested negative for antibodies to HIV-1 in her...

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