title: Evaluation of three commercial rapid tests for detecting antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus.
abstract: Determine HIV-1/2, Chembio HIV-1/2 STAT-PAK and PenTest are simple/rapid tests for the detection of antibodies to HIV-1 and HIV-2 in human whole blood, serum and plasma samples. The assay is one step and the result is read visually within 15 minutes. Using 92 known HIV-1 reactive sera and 108 known HIV-1 negative sera, the 3 HIV tests correctly identified all the known HIV-1 reactive and negative samples. The results indicated that Determine HIV-1/2, Chembio HIV-1/2 STAT-PAK and PenTest HIV are as sensitive and specific (100% concordance) as Microparticle Enzyme Immunoassay. The data indicated that these 3 HIV tests are effective testing systems for diagnosis of HIV infection in a situation when the conventional Enzyme Immunoassay is not suitable.
authors.affiliation: Viral Hepatitis & AIDS Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Saw
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baki
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kamarudin
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies