1. False-positive HIV screening tests during the COVID-19 pandemic, a passing trend?
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Lasmanovich R, Atias D, Mor O, and Obolski U
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- Humans, SARS-CoV-2, Pandemics, False Positive Reactions, COVID-19 diagnosis, COVID-19 epidemiology, HIV Infections diagnosis, HIV Infections epidemiology
- Abstract
False-positive fourth-generation HIV screening tests are rare and are usually associated with various infections and autoimmune diseases. SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination were recently linked with false-positive HIV screening test results. However, little is known about false-positives in people who performed HIV screening tests after outbreaks of different SARS-CoV-2 strains and vaccination campaigns. Here, we examined the false-positive rates in samples collected by the Israeli AIDS Task Force in 2018--2022, with respect to such factors., (Copyright © 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2023
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