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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2001, p. 29-33, Vol. 39, No. 1
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.1.29-33.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Simple, Sensitive, and Specific Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Subtype B DNA in Dried Blood Samples for Diagnosis in Infants in the Field

Ingrid A. Beck,1 Kathryn D. Drennan,1 Ann J. Melvin,1 Kathey M. Mohan,1 Arnd M. Herz,1 Jorge Alarcón,2 Julia Piscoya,2 Carlos Velázquez,3 and Lisa M. Frenkel1,4,*

Departments of Pediatrics1 and Laboratory Medicine,4 University of Washington, Washington, Seattle, and Instituto de Medicina Tropical "D. A. Carrion"2 and Instituto Materno Perinatal,3 Lima, Peru

Received 17 July 2000/Accepted 4 October 2000

The detection of virus is used to diagnose human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in infants due to the persistence of maternal antibodies for a year or more. An HIV-1 DNA PCR assay with simple specimen collection and processing was developed and evaluated. Whole blood was collected on filter paper that lysed cells and bound the DNA, eliminating specimen centrifugation and extraction procedures. The DNA remained bound to the filter paper during PCR amplification. Assays of copy number standards showed reproducible detection of 5 to 10 copies of HIV-1 in 5 µl of whole blood. The sensitivity of the assay did not decrease after storage of the standards on filter paper for 3 months at room temperature or after incubation at 37 or 45°C for 20 h. The primers used for nested PCR of the HIV-1 pol gene amplified templates from a reference panel of multiple HIV-1 subtypes but did not amplify a subtype A or a subtype C virus from children living in Seattle. The assay had a sensitivity of 98.4% and a specificity of 98.3% for testing of 122 specimens from 35 HIV-1-infected and 16 uninfected children and 43 seronegative adults living in Washington. The assay had a sensitivity of 99% and a specificity of 100% for testing of 102 HIV-1-positive (as determined by enzyme immunoassay) Peruvian women and 6 seropositive and 34 seronegative infants. This assay, with adsorption of whole blood to filter paper and no specimen processing, provides a practical, economical, sensitive, and specific method for the diagnosis of HIV-1 subtype B infection in infants.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: 4800 Sand Point Way, CH-32, Seattle, WA 98105. Phone: (206) 528-5140. Fax: (206) 527-3890. E-mail: lfrenkel{at}u.washington.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2001, p. 29-33, Vol. 39, No. 1
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.1.29-33.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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