Alexander T S, Lee J, Yen-Lieberman B
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio 44304, USA.
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 1999 Jan;6(1):140-1. doi: 10.1128/CDLI.6.1.140-141.1999.
Prenatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening may reduce vertical HIV transmission. We screened 4,419 prenatal sera and found 38 repeatedly reactive specimens with an HIV-1-HIV-2 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Western blot analysis confirmed four of these specimens as positive for HIV-1 antibodies. Screening detects previously unidentified HIV infections, but false-positive results may also occur.