Document 0307
 DOCN  M9490307
 TI    False-positive human immunodeficiency virus screening test related to
       rabies vaccination.
 DT    9411
 AU    Pearlman ES; Ballas SK; Cardeza Foundation for Hematologic Research,
       Department of; Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital,
       Philadelphia, PA; 19107.
 SO    Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1994 Aug;118(8):805-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94338254
 AB    We report a false-positive result on an enzyme immunoassay screening
       test for antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus in a 32-year-old
       nonpregnant woman who belonged to none of the usual risk groups. Because
       of the patient's employment in an animal care facility, she had received
       a series of three vaccinations for rabies, and 16 days after the last
       vaccination, she had donated a unit of blood. It was during routine
       screening on a sample drawn at the time of donation that the repeatedly
       reactive enzyme immunoassay screening test occurred. The results of a
       Western blot were indeterminant. A polymerase chain reaction assay was
       negative for proviral DNA.
 DE    Adult  Blood Donors  Blotting, Western  Case Report  DNA, Viral/ANALYSIS
       False Positive Reactions  Female  Human  HIV Antibodies/*ANALYSIS
       Immunoenzyme Techniques  Polymerase Chain Reaction  Rabies/*PREVENTION &
       CONTROL  *Vaccination  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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