Assessing the sensitivity and specificity of First Response HIV-1-2 test kit with whole blood and serum samples: a cross-sectional study

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• 作者：Raymond Boadu ; George Darko ; Priscilla Nortey…
• 关键词：HIV Rapid Diagnostic test ; First Response HIV ; 1 ; 2 test kit ; HIV testing ; Sensitivity ; Specificity ; Predictive values ; Blood ; specimen
• 刊名：AIDS Research and Therapy
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：13
• 期：1
• 全文大小：928 KB
• 刊物主题：Infectious Diseases; Virology;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1742-6405

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Background Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Rapid diagnostic Test (RDT) kits are the preferred assays for HIV testing in many countries. Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission, Know Your Status Campaigns, Blood-Safety, Voluntary Counseling and Testing are major strategies adapted to control transmission of the virus and the pivot of these interventions is either screening or diagnosing individuals through testing. There are reports of inconsistent sensitivity and specificity with whole blood and serum samples collected from the same individual. Little is known about the diagnostic characteristics of First Response HIV-1-2 RDT kit, used as a single test kit in national HIV prevention and control programmes. The debate has always centered on choosing between whole blood and serum in a case where a single test kit that runs on only blood specimen will be used for testing. The variations in specificities and sensitivities with whole blood and serum samples imply that some individuals who might be true positives will be missed and elude care. This study determined the best blood-based specimen type (whole blood or serum) that improves performance of First Response HIV RDT kit in detecting HIV-specific antibodies.