Diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection in Infants by Use of Dried Blood Spots and an Ultrasensitive p24 Antigen Assay

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作者
Cachafeiro, Ada [1 ]
Sherman, Gayle G. [2 ]
Sohn, Annette H. [3 ]
Beck-Sague, Consuelo [4 ]
Fiscus, Susan A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ N Carolina, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
[2] Univ Witwatersrand, Dept Mol Med & Haematol, Johannesburg, South Africa
[3] Univ Calif San Francisco, Div Pediat Infect Dis, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
[4] Clin Familia MIR, La Romana, Dominican Rep
关键词
POLYMERASE-CHAIN-REACTION; LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS; FILTER-PAPER; HIV-INFECTION; WHOLE-BLOOD; PCR ASSAYS; TRANSMISSION; DNA; RNA; SPECIMENS;
D O I
10.1128/JCM.01181-08
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
We tested 617 dried blood spots (DBS) from human immunodeficiency virus-exposed infants from five countries using an ultrasensitive p24 antigen assay (Up24). The sensitivity was 94.4% (67/71) and the specificity was 100% (431/431) for infants with DBS specimens <= 20 months old; DBS older than 30 months demonstrated only 72.2% sensitivity (39/54) (P < 0.001) but displayed 100% specificity (61/61).
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