Discrimination between antibodies to HIV-1 and HIV-2 in sera from northern Zaire.
136 selected sera from Northern Zaire were screened for antibodies against HIV-1 and HIV-2 using the ELISA method. Reactive sera were confirmed with commercially available Western Blots and additional tests. A data base was used for evaluation of the results. The sera were collected in the town Isiro and in remote rural areas. 36 sera were reactive in the HIV-1 ELISA (ELAVIA-1), 19 of them were confirmed in the HIV-1 Western Blot (Biorad). 21 sera were reactive in the HIV-2 ELISA, but they were not confirmed as HIV-2-specific in three HIV-2 Western Blots (Diagnostics Pasteur, Biorad, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut).
Lackner
F
F
Bundesstaatliches Serumprüfungsinstitut und Impfstoffgewinnungsanstalt, Untersuchungsanstalt Wien.
Wewalka
G
G
Heinz
F X
FX
Prinz
A
A
Stanek
G
G
Werner
A
A
Kebela-Ilunga
D015153:Blotting, Western; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D012424:Rural Population; D014505:Urban Population
D015483:HIV Antibodies; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic