Reducing False-Positive HIV Diagnosis in Niger

HIV false positive results and Flu vaccination

Abstract False positive results are the major problem influencing interpretation of Clinical Laboratory test. They are originated mostly in the other diseases, technical errors and the recent vaccination. The problem has been presented since 1991 is positive HIV test after influenza Vaccination (1). The False positive has been reported in Cases using Eliza, one of The most common test to screen...

False positive auto-antibodies in HIV infection.

Influenza vaccination and false positive HIV results.

n engl j med 354;13 www.nejm.org march 30, 2006 1422 tions of influenza and should be considered for vaccination.1,2 The genetic diversity of H5N1 influenza strains causing serious human disease is greater than previously recognized. These observations have important implications for vaccine development, since the vaccine strains being developed include A/Vietnam/1194/2004 (in China) and A/Viet...

Analysis of false positive HIV-1 serologic testing in Kenya.

Sera of 95 mothers and 129 children from Nairobi, Kenya, collected in 1976, and of 466 adults and 193 children of Embu District, Kenya, collected in 1984 and 1985, were analyzed for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) antibodies. Although no HIV-1 seropositivity was demonstrated by western blot analysis in both study groups, 7% of Nairobi mothers and 10% of adult females...

False positive HIV test in low prevalence region: Pakistan.

The prevalence of HIV in Pakistan is less than 0.1%, but is feared to be spreading among the general population rapidly. Screening tests for HIV is based on antibody detection. There seems to be little knowledge regarding the interpretation of HIV results among the population. Most often the patients are being issued a positive HIV report based on single screening test when in fact it should be...