Diagnosis of HIV infection and laboratory monitoring of its therapy.
BACKGROUND
Serological diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection became available in 1985, with the rapid increase in sensitivity and specificity of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) and the supplement tests. Molecular tests for detection of HIV in the diagnosis of HIV infection in special settings and monitoring of HIV-1 infection followed this.


OBJECTIVE
In this review it is intended to give a brief overview of the diagnosis and monitoring of HIV infection.


CONCLUSIONS
Serological methods and molecular methods for the detection and quantitation of HIV are discussed.
Yilmaz
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Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Division of Virology and Immunology, Istanbul, Turkey. guldenyilmaz@superonline.com
D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D014779:Virus Replication