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SUBMITTER: Ciccaglione AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2916620 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ciccaglione Anna Rita AR Miceli Michela M Pisani Giulio G Bruni Roberto R Iudicone Paola P Costantino Angela A Equestre Michele M Tritarelli Elena E Marcantonio Cinzia C Tataseo Paola P Marazzi Maria Cristina MC Ceffa Susanna S Paturzo Giovanna G Altan Anna Maria Doro AM San Lio Massimo Magnano MM Mancinelli Sandro S Ciccozzi Massimo M Lo Presti Alessandra A Rezza Giovanni G Palombi Leonardo L
Journal of clinical microbiology 20100623 8
The ability to detect HIV-2 and to discriminate between HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections was evaluated in 46 serum samples from Guinea-Bissau (GB) and Guinea-Conakry (GC) using serological tests and commercial (HIV-1) and in-house (HIV-2) real-time PCR assays. Samples were first identified as HIV-2 positive by Genie I/II assay in GB and GC. HIV positivity was detected in 44 of 46 samples by all screening and confirmatory assays. A diagnostic strategy based on Inno-LIA and HIV-1/2 RNA detection assays ...[more]