Analysis of false positive HIV-1 serologic testing in Kenya

Sera of 95 mothers and 129 children from Nairobi, Kenya, collected in 1976, and of 466 adults and 193 children of Embu District, Kenya, collected in 1984 and 1985, were analyzed for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) antibodies. Although no HIV-1 seropositivity was demonstra...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 1988-03, Vol.9 (3), p.179-185
Hauptverfasser:	Kuhls, Thomas L., Nishanian, Parunag G., Cherry, James D., Shen, Jie-Ping, Neumann, Charlotte G., Stiehm, E.Richard, Ettenger, Robert B., Bwibo, Nimrod O., Koech, Davy
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult AIDS/HIV Biological and medical sciences Cross Reactions False Positive Reactions Female Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases HIV Seropositivity - diagnosis HIV Seropositivity - epidemiology HIV Seropositivity - immunology HLA-D Antigens - immunology Human viral diseases Humans Immunodeficiencies Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies Immunoenzyme Techniques Immunologic Techniques Immunopathology Infant Infectious diseases Kenya Male Medical sciences Other diseases. Hematologic involvement in other diseases Parity Retrospective Studies Retroviridae Infections - immunology Sex Factors Tropical medicine Viral diseases Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
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Zusammenfassung:	Sera of 95 mothers and 129 children from Nairobi, Kenya, collected in 1976, and of 466 adults and 193 children of Embu District, Kenya, collected in 1984 and 1985, were analyzed for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) antibodies. Although no HIV-1 seropositivity was demonstrated by western blot analysis in both study groups, 7% of Nairobi mothers and 10% of adult females from Embu District had false positive results by enzyme immunoassay (EIA) compared with
ISSN:	0732-8893 1879-0070
DOI:	10.1016/0732-8893(88)90027-2