title: Interpretive criteria used to report western blot results for HIV-1-antibody testing--United States.
abstract: The Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors (ASTPHLD), CDC, and other organizations (e.g., American Red Cross [ARC] and Consortium for Retrovirus Serology Standardization [CRSS]) have recommended for antibody testing to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) that duplicate repeat reactive enzyme immunoassay (EIA) screening results be confirmed by a supplemental test. This report examines the variation in Western blot (WB) interpretive criteria reported by laboratories enrolled in CDC's Model Performance Evaluation Program (MPEP) for HIV-1-antibody testing.
mesh_terms: D015153:Blotting, Western; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies