Evaluation of three commercial rapid tests for detecting antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus.
- Author:
Ng KP
;
Saw TL
;
Baki A
;
Kamarudin R
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
*AIDS Serodiagnosis;
HIV Antibodies/*blood;
Sensitivity and Specificity;
Time Factors
- From:
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
2003;58(3):454-460
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:Malay
-
Abstract:
Determine HIV-1/2, Chembio HIV-1/2 STAT-PAK and PenTest are simple/rapid tests for the detection of antibodies to HIV-1 and HIV-2 in human whole blood, serum and plasma samples. The assay is one step and the result is read visually within 15 minutes. Using 92 known HIV-1 reactive sera and 108 known HIV-1 negative sera, the 3 HIV tests correctly identified all the known HIV-1 reactive and negative samples. The results indicated that Determine HIV-1/2, Chembio HIV-1/2 STAT-PAK and PenTest HIV are as sensitive and specific (100% concordance) as Microparticle Enzyme Immunoassay. The data indicated that these 3 HIV tests are effective testing systems for diagnosis of HIV infection in a situation when the conventional Enzyme Immunoassay is not suitable.
