title: [Current methods of laboratory diagnosis of HIV infection].
abstract: The paper is a review of scientific data obtained in 1990-1998 and concerning the up-to-date diagnostical approaches used in the laboratory practice. The main widely used methods of HIV-specific antigens and antibodies detection in biological fluids are discussed. The paper deals with the basic methods of HIV-infection diagnosis, an analysis of their specificity, sensitivity, their advantages and possible pitfalls. The principal approach permitting one to improve the current test-systems is the elaboration of automated and express tests side by side with the increasing of their sensitivity and specificity.
authors: Scientific-Productive Enterprise Diaproph Med, Kyiv, Ukraine.
authors: G Ie
authors: GIe
authors: Raievs'ka
authors: M Ia
authors: MIa
authors: Spivak
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology