Evaluation of two 4th generation point-of-care assays for the detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection.

Fourth generation assays detect simultaneously antibodies for HIV and the p24 antigen, identifying HIV infection earlier than previous generation tests. Previous studies have shown that the Alere Determine HIV-1/2 Combo has lower than anticipated performance in detecting antibodies for HIV and the p...

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Main Authors: Chrysovalantis Stafylis, Jeffrey D Klausner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5573273?pdf=render