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Session 123-Poster Abstracts
Diagnostic Algorithms
Monday, 2-4 pm; Hall A
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 An Alternative HIV Laboratory Testing Algorithm that Does Not Include Western Blot Confirmation Will Allow Faster and More Accurate HIV Diagnosis
Linda Styer*, T Sullivan, and M Parker
Wadsworth Ctr, New York State Dept of Hlth, Albany, US
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 Comparison of Multispot Enyme Immunoassay with Western Blot for Confirmatory Serodiagnosis of HIV
Lucia Torian*, L Forgione, A Punsalang, and W Oleszko
New York City Dept of Hlth and Mental Hygiene, NY, US
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 Comparison of the Multi-spot Rapid HIV-1/HIV-2 Test and 2 HIV-1 Western Blot Interpretive Criteria for Distinguishing HIV-1 from HIV-2 Infections
Muazzam Nasrullah*1, K Delaney1, S Ethridge1, L Wesolowski1, J Schwendemann2, R Boromisa2, J Heffelfinger1, and B Branson1
1CDC, Atlanta, GA, US and 2Wadsworth Ctr, New York State Dept of Hlth, Albany, US
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 Poor Performance of Determine HIV 1/2 Ag/Ab Combo Assay for the Detection of Acute HIV Infection in Lilongwe, Malawi
William Miller*1, G Kamanga2, S Phiri3, D Nsona3, N Rosenberg1, S Rutstein1, D Kumwendo2, I Hoffman1, M Cohen1, and A Pettifor1
1Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US; 2UNC Project, Lilongwe, Malawi; and 3Lighthouse Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi
      655 Evaluation of Determine and UniGold Rapid Test Kits for Serologic Screening of HIV-exposed but Uninfected Infants under 18 Months of Age in a Modified Testing Algorithm in Botswana
Madisa Mine*1,2, T Ntsipe2, T Nkoane2, S Moyo2, and T Gaolathe2
1Ministry of Hlth, Gaborone, Botswana and 2Botswana-Harvard AIDS Inst Partnership, Gaborone