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Comparison of the avidity index method and the serologic testing algorithm for recent human immunodeficiency virus
Elisa Martró1, Barbara Suligoi, Victoria González
1Microbiology Service. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol. Ctra de Canyet, s/n 08916 Badalona, Spain.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|December 8, 2005
Abstract:
A study was designed to compare an avidity index method to the serologic testing algorithm for recent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroconversion (STARHS) for the detection of recent HIV infection. One hundred sixty HIV-positive sera were tested. Both techniques performed similarly in identifying recent infections, although STARHS tended to misclassify more individuals that had long-standing infection as being recently infected.
