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. 1990 Jun;28(6):1169–1171. doi: 10.1128/jcm.28.6.1169-1171.1990

Evaluation of a human immunodeficiency virus test algorithm utilizing a recombinant protein enzyme immunoassay.

D G Lepine 1, P W Neumann 1, S L Frenette 1, M V O'Shaughnessy 1
PMCID: PMC267898  PMID: 2199490

Abstract

Many truly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody-negative serum samples may be unnecessarily subjected to costly and time-consuming Western blots (immunoblots). An investigation was undertaken to evaluate the efficiency of using a recombinant protein-based enzyme immunosorbent assay (EIA; Cambridge BioScience [CBC] Recombigen HIV EIA) as an adjunct to whole viral lysate EIA. A total of 2,212 serum samples which had been screened by viral lysate EIA were tested by CBC EIA in parallel with the Western blot. The sensitivity and specificity of the CBC kit were 99.9 and 99.7%, respectively. Positive and negative predictive values were 99.7 and 99.9%, respectively. The high sensitivity of this kit and its high negative predictive value make it an attractive addition to an HIV testing algorithm by reducing the number of Western blot tests on truly antibody negative serum samples.

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