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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2000, p. 3445-3447, Vol. 38, No. 9
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Hospital-Based Evaluation of Two Rapid Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antibody Screening Tests

Rajesh Kannangai, Sandeep Ramalingam, Selvaraj Pradeepkumar, Kannan Damodharan, and Gopalan Sridharan*

Department of Clinical Virology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore 632 004, India

Received 24 January 2000/Returned for modification 10 May 2000/Accepted 12 June 2000

Two rapid human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening assays, HIV TRI-DOT and HIV-SPOT were compared with standard enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays according to a testing algorithm. Sensitivities and specificities in the real-time evaluation were 99.5 and 99.9% for TRI-DOT and 98.2 and 99.7% for HIV-SPOT, respectively. These two tests are suitable for use where facilities and laboratory expertise are limited.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Clinical Virology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, India 632 004. Phone: 91-416-222102, ext. 2070. Fax: 91-416-232035 or 232103. E-mail: g_sridharan{at}yahoo.com.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2000, p. 3445-3447, Vol. 38, No. 9
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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