Infecciones por VIH-2 y HTLV-I/II en España

New Automated Chemiluminescence Immunoassay for Simultaneous but Separate Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antigens and Antibodies

“…Since the prevalence of HIV type 2 is low in Spain (22), the use of a HIV-1 WB assay as the sole confirmatory test is common. Consequently, HIV-2-infected individuals can be misclassified as HIV-1 positive because of the cross-reactivity between HIV-2 antibody and envelope glycoproteins of HIV-1 (16).…”