Chapter-21 Investigations for HIV Detection
BOOK TITLE: Short Review of HIV/AIDS
Author
1. Williams Jeyakumar
2. Jeyakumar J Stella
ISBN
9788184481280
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10764_21
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2007
Pages
16
Author Affiliations
1.
Govt Mohan Kumaramangalam, Medical College Hospital, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India
2.
4/169 Immanuel Cottage, Thasildhar Nagar, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Chapter keywords
Investigations for HIV detection,
Direct HIV detection,
False positivity,
HIV testing in saliva,
Indirect immunofluorescence assay,
Lateral flow through membrane assay,
Measuring viral nucleic acids,
Polymerase chain reaction,
Quantitative PCR,
Radio immunoprecipitation assay,
Reverse transcriptase PCR,
Sensitive test,
Virus culture