[pronut-hiv] Rapid antibody tests can diagnose HIV infection in infants almost as well as DNA PCR, South African study shows

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Rapid antibody tests can diagnose HIV infection in infants almost as
well as DNA PCR, South African study shows 

The use of two separate rapid antibody tests can accurately diagnose
HIV infection in infants as early as four months after birth, and in a
study of 67 infants with a median age of eleven months, this method
diagnosed HIV infection with 95-97% accuracy, South African researchers
reported last week at the 2006 Implementers Conference of the US
President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in Durban, South Africa. 

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Reference 

Blackburn L et al. HIV rapid tests can be used as a screening tool to reduce HIV DNA PCR assays in a resource-poor setting. The 2006 HIV/AIDS Implementers Meeting of the President?s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Durban, South Africa, abstract 402.