title: Diagnosis of HIV infection.
abstract: AIDS is the clinical manifestation of cellular immunodeficiency caused by HIV infection. A characteristic feature of HIV-infection is the lifelong coexistence of HIV and antibodies against it in the blood. The routine diagnosis of HIV-positivity is based mainly on HIV-antibody screening by ELISA and confirmation by Western blotting. Improvements in diagnostic sensitivity are expected from the introduction of HIV-genome detection by polymerase chain reaction technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Balint
mesh_terms: D015153:Blotting, Western; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies