Using the Autologous Erythrocyte Agglutination Technique with Populations
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A total of 1,800 blood specimens (1,000 from healthy blood donors, 300 from patients with sexually transmitted diseases, and 500 from intravenous drug users) were simultaneously tested with anti-human immunodeficiency virus enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits and a newly developed 2-min test for anti-human immunodeficiency virus based on the principle of autologous erythrocyte agglutination (AGEN Biomedical Limited). We found that AGEN's rapid test was as sensitive and specific as the other ELISA kits.
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