title: Performance of six different commercial assays to demonstrate antibodies to HIV-2 among immigrants from high-endemic areas.
abstract: Four HIV-2 and 8 HIV-1 infections were detected when serum specimens from 422 persons from high-endemic areas were examined with 6 different commercial ELISA tests. 41 specimens showed a positive result in at least one of the assays. 12 of these were confirmed as anti-HIV positive. One of the anti-HIV-2 specimens was negative in the Abbott recombinant HIV-1 test but positive in the ELAVIA II and the 4 HIV-1/HIV-2 combination tests. The 4 HIV-2 positive individuals originated from West Africa.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Laboratory, Ullevaal Hospital, Norway.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Skaug
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ulstrup
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Espinoza
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western / Q000208:ethnology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies