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Session 80   Poster Presentations
Diagnostic Tests for HIV
Tuesday 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Hall A
659Modification of a Commercial HIV-1 Enzyme Immunoassay for Identification of Recent HIV-1 Infections: Use of Differential Antibody Avidity
J. Jenner*, M. Grazioplene, A. Kazianis, K. Phinney, B. Werner
Massachusetts State Lab Inst, Boston
660Use of Dried Blood Spots in a Less-sensitive HIV Enzyme Immunoassay to Test for HIV Incidence
J. Schiffer*1, D. Kothe2, B. Byers1, G. Satten1, R. Janssen1, H. Hannon1, J. Mei1
1CDC, Atlanta, GA and 2Univ of Alabama at Birmingham
661Performance Characteristics of a Novel, Point-of-Care Rapid HIV-1/2 Test with Application in the Developing World
A. Burgess-Cassler*1, L. A. Salvo2, P. D. Slowey2, B. O'Farrell3, E. Banaga3
1Raptecon LLC, Vancouver, WA; 2Hema Diagnostic Systems, LLC, Miami Beach, FL; and 3BioDot, Inc, Irvine, CA
662Alternative Serologic and Nucleic Acid Supplemental Test Evaluation for the Diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 Infection
J. Malia*1,2, E. Calero1,2, R. Sawyer1,2, K. Elder3, V. Welsh4, P. Clark4, E. Perry4, N. Webster3, B. Branson5, N. Michael1,2
1Walter Reed Army Inst for Res, Rockville, MD; 2Henry M Jackson Fndn, Rockville, MD; 3U S Army Med Command, Ft Sam Houston, TX; 4Robertson Blood Ctr, Ft Hood, TX; and 5CDC, Atlanta, GA
663Comparison of the New ABBOTT AxSYM HIV Ag/Ab Combo Assay with another HIV 4th Generation Assay and with Two 3rd Generation HIV Assays Under Routine Conditions in Two Independent Clinical Microbiology Laboratories
W. Fierz*1, P. Erb2
1Inst for Clin Microbiology and Immunology, St Gallen, Switzerland and 2Inst for Med Microbiology, Univ of Basel, Switzerland