Document 2778
 DOCN  M94A2778
 TI    Salivary screening for HIV in Madras, India.
 DT    9412
 AU    Sankaran JR; Prabhakar K; Apollo Hospital, Madras, India.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):227 (abstract no. PB0338). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94369797
 AB    The value of using saliva for HIV screening in the community in India
       was examined. Saliva of 42 HIV +ve cases (confirmed by W.B./alternate
       ELISA) was tested by Abbott ELISA method using OMNISAL kits for salivary
       collection. HIV antibody was positive in all the 42 cases giving 100%
       sensitivity and specificity. This method is ideally suited for a
       populous hot tropical country like India for the obvious advantages of
       speed of specimen collection, avoidance of hazard of bleeding and needle
       disposal, acceptability to children and allowing delay between specimen
       collection and testing. Further details will be discussed in the
       presentation.
 DE    Adult  Child  Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay  Evaluation Studies
       Human  HIV Antibodies/*ANALYSIS  HIV Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY
       India/EPIDEMIOLOGY  *Mass Screening  Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
       Saliva/*IMMUNOLOGY  Salivary Proteins/*ANALYSIS  Sensitivity and
       Specificity  MEETING ABSTRACT

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