Lack of screening test sensitivity during HIV-1 non-subtype B seroconversions

AIDS
Cristian ApetreiF Simon

Abstract

To evaluate the serological consequences of HIV-1 group M diversity we studied the ability of screening tests to detect anti-HIV antibodies in early seroconverters infected by different HIV subtypes. Virology Department, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France. Symptomatic patients with serial samples and with infective strains characterized by heteroduplex mobility assay. In each case, two sera were selected. The first (pre-seroconversion sample) was the last p24 antigen-positive/Western blot-non-reactive sample. The second (seroconversion sample) was the first Western blot-reactive sample. One second-generation enzyme immunoassay (EIA; Abbott) based on anti-human immunoglobulin (Ig) G-conjugate and three third generation EIA (Abbott; Enzygnost; Genscreen) based on the double antigen sandwich principle, detecting IgM and IgG, were used. Ten patients had subtype B strains and nine had non-B strains (seven were A, one E and one G). The Abbott third-generation test was more sensitive than the second generation test for pre-seroconversion subtype B samples (nine versus four out of 10; P < 0.05), but not for non-B subtypes; only two of the nine non-B sera tested were positive by both EIA. Positivity rates and optical densitie...Continue Reading

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