BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1) subtype O infections are not
reliably detected by commonly used anti‐HIV‐1/2 screening assays. Therefore, anti‐HIV‐1/2 …

Worldwide, infectious diseases account for the majority of morbidity and mortality. The first
step towards both treatment and the control and prevention of disease is an accurate and …

Despite an estimated risk of HIV infection from anti-HIV screened blood transfusions of less
than one in 225,000 per unit, there continues to be strong pressure to implement additional …

The major operational characteristics of five commercially available assays for the detection
of antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV1 & 2) were evaluated. Four Enzyme …

Background: To ensure increased awareness of HIV status by patients, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new guidelines that greatly expand …

Viral, bacterial and fungal infections can be transmitted via allografts such as bone, skin,
cornea and cardiovascular tissues. Allogenic bone grafts have possibility of transmission of …

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 23 Page 293 Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Infection 23 Marguerite A. Urban, MD, and Richard C. Reichman, MD KEY POINTS Pretest …

0001. The present invention relates in general to the field of diagnostics, namely to a device
for the detection of a target in a sample. More precisely, the present invention relates to a …

Na história da Humanidade nenhuma doença teve tanto impacto na Ciência Médica e na
Sociedade como a infecção pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana (VIH). Esta epidemia …