HIV-1/2 kits criticised in Danish study
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Some of the most sensitive combined HIV screening assays can miss HIV-2 until 10 weeks after infection, according to a Danish study. The most sensitive tests can be strongly positive as early as 37 days. Last year manufacturers upgraded the sensitivity of their kits to detect subtype-O. It may now be time to do the same for HIV-2, says Dr Claus Bohn Christiansen and a team at the State Serum and Vaccine Institute in Copenhagen.
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