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Amplifying and Quantifying HIV-1 RNA in HIV Infected Individuals with Viral Loads Below the Limit of Detection by Standard Clinical Assays
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False-negative Results of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Rapid Testing in HIV Controllers
Mehdi Hage-Sleiman1, Pauline Tremeaux2,3,4,5, Marine Fillion2,3,4
1AP-HP, Laboratoire de Microbiologie Clinique, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France.
Abstract:
Serological assays were performed on 85 human immunodeficiency virus-controller samples . 6% presented a negative rapid screening test 7% presented an indeterminate Western blot. The enzyme immunoassay ratio decreased in controllers who had continual negative ultrasensitive HIV RNA results since inclusion.

