Abstract
A commercially available rapid test (HIVCHEK) was compared with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for identifying human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in the serum of newborn infants. Of 1309 cord blood samples tested, the HIVCHEK test detected all the true-positive samples detected by ELISA. Of the 35 samples with positive ELISA results, six had negative results on Western blot; only 1 of the 20 samples with positive HIVCHEK results had negative results on Western blot. Thus the HIVCHEK test can be used to facilitate the rapid identification of HIV-1 in the serum of newborn infants.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 259-261 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | The Journal of pediatrics |
| Volume | 123 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1993 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
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Suarez, M. A., Blanco, B., Brion, L. P., Schulman, M., Calvelli, T. A., Youchah, J., Devash, Y., Rubinstein, A., & Goldstein, H. (1993). A rapid test for the detection of human immunodeficiency virus antibodies in cord blood. The Journal of pediatrics, 123(2), 259-261. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3476(05)81698-1