title: Evaluation of bio-rad geenius HIV-1 and -2 assay as a confirmatory assay for detection of HIV-1 and -2 antibodies.
abstract: The performance of the new Bio-Rad Geenius HIV-1/2 confirmatory assay was compared with that of the Chiron RIBA HIV-1/HIV-2 strip immunoblot assay using 166 samples from HIV-1-, HIV-2-, or HIV-1/2-positive and HIV-negative individuals and two quality control panels. Our results indicate that the Geenius assay is a suitable alternative for confirmatory HIV testing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Vastmanland Hospital, Västerås, Sweden.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hawthorne Hallen
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Agneta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Samuelson
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Margareta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nordin
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm, Sweden Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm, Sweden gordana.bogdanovic@karolinska.se.
authors.forename: Gordana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bogdanovic
mesh_terms: D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies