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Anti‐HIV‐1 testing results are reported rapidly by Australian laboratories: a national survey
Author(s) -
Rae Fiona M,
Dax Elizabeth M
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1992.tb139800.x
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , receipt , medicine , sample (material) , family medicine , virology , computer science , chemistry , chromatography , world wide web
The National HIV Reference Laboratory undertook a one‐week prospective study to determine the time taken by Australian human immunodeficiency virus antibody (anti‐HIV) testing laboratories to test a sample and report an anti‐HIV‐1 result. The study showed that more than 86% of the sample results were reported by the second day and more than 98% by the fourth day after receipt of the specimen.