A method to alleviate false-positive results of the Elecsys HIV combi PT assay

Abstract To explore the effects of urea dissociation on reducing false-positive results of  the Elecsys HIV combi PT assay. A retrospective analysis was used to evaluate the false-positive rate of the Elecsys HIV combi PT assay. Six false-positive sera, six positive sera and six sera from patients w...

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Main Authors: Xiaolan Lu, Minghong Zhang, Wen Liu, Nan Sheng, Qin Du, Maoxin Zhang, Xiaolan Guo, Guangrong Wang, Qiang Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80047-0