HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV): A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA

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Human immunodeficiency virus is a blood borne and being routinely screened in the banks since 1983. The sensitivity specificity of HIV tests have improved dramatically over years, but even then, false positive results do occur, which need confirmatory testing. A young male who arrived at Armed Forces Institute Transfusion (AFIT), Rawalpindi, for donation, was repeatedly “positive” on serological assays. Nucleic acid amplification test (NAT) performed gave “Negative” result. Line immunoassay (LIA) to solve discrepancy results.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['2411-8842', '0030-9648']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v72isuppl-2.9000