Document 2709
 DOCN  M94A2709
 TI    Quality assurance in Lithuanian laboratories detecting HIV antibodies.
 DT    9412
 AU    Griskevicius A; Milinaviciute R; Caplinskas S; AIDS Centre of Lithuania,
       Vilnius.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):242 (abstract no. PB0396). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94369866
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of two HIV-antibody screening assays
       used in Lithuanian laboratories now. METHODS: Panels of well charactered
       sera were distributed to laboratories as unknows. The laboratories
       performed routine tests for HIV by Peptoscreen-2 and Rec HIV1/2 3rd gen
       (Abbott) and reported results to the Reference laboratory of Lithuanian
       AIDS Centre. RESULTS: Of positive sera testing are presented in the
       table: TABULAR DATA, SEE ABSTRACT VOLUME. All laboratories obtained true
       results of testing of negative sera samples. CONCLUSION: The
       Peptoscreen-2 was less sensitive than Abbott HIV1/2 3rd gen. Results
       confirm the poor suitability of Peptoscreen-2 for donor blood screening
       for HIV1/2 antibodies. Both test kits have potential use in clinical
       settings including testing of pools.
 DE    *AIDS Serodiagnosis  Comparative Study  *Developing Countries  Human
       HIV Antibodies/*BLOOD  HIV Seropositivity/*DIAGNOSIS/IMMUNOLOGY
       HIV-1/*IMMUNOLOGY  HIV-2/*IMMUNOLOGY  Lithuania  Predictive Value of
       Tests  *Quality Assurance, Health Care  Quality Control  Reproducibility
       of Results  MEETING ABSTRACT

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