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Performance characteristics of two new rapid HIV diagnostic assays and use of test band reader

Authors :
Selvakumar, Mohandas
Nandagopal, Paneerselvam
Naveen Kumar, M
Aditya, Narayan Prabu
Solomon, Sunil Suhas
Saravanan, Shanmugam
Syed Iqbal, Hussain
Source :
Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology; July-September 2022, Vol. 40 Issue: 3 p370-373, 4p
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

Accurate HIV diagnosis is essential for appropriate patient care. This present study evaluated the performance of two different new rapid HIV diagnostic tests; 1) TRUSTline HIV-1/2 Ab rapid test (Athenese-DxPvt. Ltd, Chennai, India)and 2) OnSite HIV 1/2 Ab Plus Combo Rapid Test (CTK Biotech Inc., San Diego, USA) and also validated ALTA Rapid Test Reader (RTR-1) (CTK Biotech Inc., San Diego, USA), the device is a user-friendly and image-analysis based qualitative/semi-quantitative tabletop reader.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
02550857
Volume :
40
Issue :
3
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs59884507
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmmb.2022.05.011