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Detection of diverse HIV strains by the m-PIMATM HIV-1/2 detect point-of-care assay.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Apr 2025
Anderson Mark, Teodoro Lara, Harley Fiona, Almaraz Eduardo, Vallari Ana, Strobel Carolyn, Harris Barbara, Meyer Todd V, Ndembi Nicaise, Mbanya Dora, James Linda, Mboup Souleymane, Plantier Jean-Christophe, Cloherty Gavin, Rodgers Mary
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: HIV displays exceptionally high virus diversity that can impact detection by diagnostic assays, which rely on sequence conservation. METHODS: We tested the m-PIMA HIV-1/2 Detect point-of-care (POC) assay (Abbott Rapid Diagnostics) against a diverse HIV panel of 340 serum/plasma specimens and diluted cultured virus isolates for which viral load (VL) and classified sequences were known, including HIV-1...
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- Humans
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- HIV-2
- Sensitivity and Specificity
