HIV-1/2 indeterminate Western blot results: follow-up of asymptomatic blood donors in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

HIV-1/2 indeterminate Western blot results: follow-up of asymptomatic blood donors in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

The clinical and public health importance of indeterminate results in HIV-1/2 testing is still difficult to evaluate in volunteer blood donors. At Fundação Hemominas, HIV-1/2 ELISA is used as the screening test and, if reactive, is followed by Western blot (WB). We have evaluated 84 blood donors who...

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Main Authors: CARNEIRO-PROIETTI A.B.F., CUNHA I.W., SOUZA M.M., OLIVEIRA D.R., MESQUITA N.M., ANDRADE C.A., CATALAN-SOARES B.C., LIMA-MARTINS M.V.C., PROIETTI F.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1999-01-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
HIV-1/2
Indeterminate Western blot
Blood donor
Risk behaviors
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