title: [The capacities of current test systems to verify early HIV infection].
abstract: The purpose of the present investigation was to comparatively evaluate the performance characteristics of the test systems designed to verify the positive results of screening survey for HIV infection, such as the solid-phase immunoassay DS-EIA-HIV-AB/AG-SPECTR (Diagnosticheskiye Sistemy (Diagnostic Systems) Research-and-Production Association, Nizhni Novgorod) and tests based on immune blotting (IB). The investigation examined 15 seroconversion panels produced by ZeptoMetrix (USA) and BBI (USA). The use of the DS-EIA-HIV-AB/AG-SPECTR test system determined 88 of the 167 seroconversion panels as HIV positive. The IB-based tests revealed only 45 of the 167 samples as positive. Consequently, the application of the DS-EIA-HIV-AB/AG-SPECTR test system is more effective than the IB-based tests in early HIV infection.
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Baranova
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Sharipova
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Denisova
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Susekina
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Puzyrev
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Sarkisian
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Vorob'eva
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Burkov
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Ulanova
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24 / Q000097:blood; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic