QUANTITATIVE ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAYS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION IN INFANCY

1 April 2001

journal article
research article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Vol. 20 (4) , 462-463
https://doi.org/10.1097/00006454-200104000-00024

Abstract

In countries where HIV infection is common and health care resources are limited, identification of HIV-infected infants is difficult because PCR testing is not affordable. Available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay tests (AXSYM System; Abbott) set a cutoff point of 1; by changing this point to 10, HIV-infected infants can be identified at a young age.

Keywords

VIRUS
HIV
ENZYME LINKED
INFANCY
CUTOFF
ABBOTT
LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT
AXSYM
IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAYS

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

DIAGNOSIS OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION IN PERINATALLY EXPOSED ORPHANED INFANTS IN A RESOURCE-POOR SETTING
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2000