ELISA FALSE POSITIVITY IN RELATION TO HIV -1 PREV ALENCE IN ETHIOPIA

Authors

  • Debrework Zewdie
  • Fassil Ketema
  • Lev Khodokevich
  • Seyoum Ayehunie
  • Tigist Kebede
  • Beloyneh G. Hiywot
  • Mulugeta Todesse
  • Gezahegn Adal
  • Ermias Hailu
  • Bekele Shanko

Abstract

ABSTRACT: A close investigation of data accumulated over several years at the National Referral Laboratory for AIDS (NRLA), revealed a certain pattern in the number of false positive results that occur in population groups with a given prevalence of HIV -1 infection. To provide more accurate information regarding this observation 8850 serum samples from females with multi-partner sexual contact (MPSC) residing in different regions of Ethiopia with varying HIV -1 prevalence rates, were collected and tested using 1st and 2nd generation enzyme immunoassays (EIA) and a western blot. The results obtained from this study suggest that the rate of the occurrence of false positive enzyme linked imrnuno-sorbent assay (ELISA) results during laboratory testing for HIV -1 antibody is (regardless of the quality of antigen used) inversely proportional to the prevalence of HIV-l in a given population group.

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2017-06-22

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Zewdie, D., Ketema, F., Khodokevich, L., Ayehunie, S., Kebede, T., G. Hiywot, B., Todesse, M., Adal, G., Hailu, E., & Shanko, B. (2017). ELISA FALSE POSITIVITY IN RELATION TO HIV -1 PREV ALENCE IN ETHIOPIA. The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, 4(2). Retrieved from https://ejhd.org/index.php/ejhd/article/view/1243

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