Table 3.
Performance of different assays for the differential diagnosis of HIV-indeterminate Western blot samples.
Western blot | P24 antigen detection | Quantitative HIV nucleic acid test | Qualitative HIV nucleic acid test | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+ | − | + | − | + | − | ||
+ | 23 (42.59%) | 31 (57.41%) | 52 (96.3%) | 2 (3.7%) | 51 (94.44%) | 3 (5.56%) | 54 |
− | 3 (3.23%) | 90 (96.77%) | 9 (9.68%) | 84 (90.32%) | 2 (2.15%) | 91 (97.85%) | 93 |
Total | 26 | 121 | 61 | 86 | 53 | 94 | 147 |