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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9021
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-8-22
pubmed:abstractText
HIV infection is commonly diagnosed by detection of antibodies (anti-HIV) by ELISA or agglutination. Reactive results are confirmed by western blot (immunoblot) or further specific tests such as competitive ELISA, which, when evaluated quantitatively, allow the differentiation of HIV types and partially subtypes. Detection of infection of newborn babies, characterisation of individual strains for subtyping and forensic identification, and therapeutic monitoring are the domain of nucleic-acid-based assays. Nucleic-acid-based assays narrow the serological diagnostic window period in early HIV infection and, when quantified, give some indication of clinical status.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0140-6736
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
348
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
176-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Difficulties and strategies of HIV diagnosis.
pubmed:affiliation
WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on AIDS, Max von Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinsche Mikrobiologie, Ludwig Maximillans Universität, München, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review