Evaluation of Geenius HIV-1/2 Confirmatory Assay for the confirmatory and differential diagnosis of HIV-1/HIV-2 in Japan and reliability of the Geenius Reader in the diagnosis of HIV-2

Table 3 Examination using the anti-HIV-1 Low Titer Performance Panel PRB107

(A) Geenius HIV 1/2 Confirmatory Assay
		Genscreen ULTRA HIV Ag-Ab
		POS*	NEG¶
Geenius	HIV-1 POS*	5	0
	HIV-1 IND‡	3	0
	HIV NEG¶	6	1
	Others	0	0
(B) NEW LAV BLOT I (WHO criteria)
		Genscreen ULTRA HIV Ag-Ab
		POS*	NEG¶
LAV I (WHO)	POS*	0	0
	IND‡	8	0
	NEG¶	6	1
(C) NEW LAV BLOT I (CDC criteria)
		Genscreen ULTRA HIV Ag-Ab
		POS*	NEG¶
LAV I (CDC)	POS*	2	0
	IND‡	6	0
	NEG¶	6	1

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