Name
PREGNANCY
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
OTHER TESTS : * HIV I & II ELISA TEST - 99.5 % SPECIFICITY. * P-24 ANTIGEN CAPTURE ASSAY ( AN ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY TYPE TEST) - DETECTS VIRAL PROTEIN P-24 IN THE BLOOD OF INFECTED PERSON. TEST HAS GREATEST USE AS SCREENING TEST FOR HIV INFECTION IN PTS SUSPECTED OF HAVING ACUTE HIV SYNDROME. * REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE PCR TEST - * BDNA TECHNIQUE FOR DIRECT DETECTION OF HIV RNA - * DNA PCR TEST - HIGHLY SENSITIVE BUT NOT AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY
TYPENOTES
SPREADS BY SEXUAL CONTACT & IN NEW BORN BY BREAST FEEDING & CONTACT WITH MATERNAL BLOOD.
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
Disease
Remarks
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS DISEASE
CESARIAN SECTION & USE OF ZIDOVUDINE REDUCE THE RISK OF VERTICLE TRANSMISSION TO FETUS TO 2%
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
HIV I & II, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, WESTERN BLOT TEST