Rapid Tests versus ELISA for Screening of HIV Infection: Our Experience from a Voluntary Counselling and Testing Facility of a Tertiary Care Centre in North India

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Test employed</td><td align="center">Total number of tests performed</td><td align="center">Number of samples positive</td><td align="center">Number of samples reactive by<br/>Microlisa-HIV </td><td align="center">Number of samples nonreactive by <br/>Microlisa-HIV</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">SD Bioline HIV-1/2 3.0</td><td align="center">787</td><td align="center">36</td><td align="center">31</td><td align="center">5</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Pareekshak HIV-1/2 Triline card test</td><td align="center">36</td><td align="center">36</td><td align="center">31</td><td align="center">5</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Pareekshak HIV 1/2 rapid test kit (Trispot)</td><td align="center">36</td><td align="center">35</td><td align="center">31</td><td align="center">4</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td>HIV: human immunodeficiency virus.<br/></td></tr></table>

Comparison of reactive results of rapid test kits with Microlisa-HIV (reference standard).

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Table 4: Rapid Tests versus ELISA for Screening of HIV Infection: Our Experience from a Voluntary Counselling and Testing Facility of a Tertiary Care Centre in North India 

Table 4 | Rapid Tests versus ELISA for Screening of HIV Infection: Our Experience from a Voluntary Counselling and Testing Facility of a Tertiary Care Centre in North India 