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Reliability of the INSTI® rapid test for the diagnosis of HIV-1 non-B subtypes and recombinant variants.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 2016
Goupil de Bouillé Jeanne, Le Moal Gwénaël, Hocqueloux Laurent, Guigon Aurélie, Plainchamp David, Giraudeau Geneviève, Theillay Aurélie, Languille Anne, Bélec Laurent, Prazuck Thierry
Abstract excerpt
Data regarding the efficacy of Rapid HIV tests (RHTs) in detecting non-B subtype HIV-1 are limited. We evaluated the sensitivity of the INSTI® test for the detection of HIV-1 antibodies for the diagnosis of HIV-1 non-B subtypes and recombinant variants. We identified adults with HIV-1 infection due to non-B subtypes and recombinant variants. The participants were re-tested with INSTI® test. We included 258...
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