HIV Testing Flashcards
This is the etiologic agent of AIDS?
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
This type of HIV is isolated from px from Asia or Europe?
HIV-1
This type of HIV is primarily found in pateints from west Africa, usually more virulent?
HIV-2
This is the principle for HIV testing?
Gold-labeled HIV antigens
(Lateral Flow Assay)
This is the screening test done for HIV?
ELISA Test for HIV 1/2
What is the confirmatory test for HIV?
Western Blot and Rapid HIV Diagnosing Algorithm
This is the reference laboratory for HIV and STI’s?
San Lazaro Hospital
What HIV antigens are found in test line 1?
HIV-1 antigens (gp41, p24)
What HIV antigens are found in test line 2?
HIV-2 antigen (p36)
These are the four proteins in HIV tested in Western Blot?
p24, gp120/160, and gp41
What is the interpretation if there is 2 to 3 bands in Western Blot?
Positive
What is the interpretation if there is only 1 band in Western Blot?
Intermediate
What is the interpretation if the test kit shows: Line at C, Dark Line at 1, Faint Line at 2?
HIV-1
What must be done if there is a line at both HIV 1 and 2?
Rare case, proceed to Western Blot for Confirmatory
How many test must be done before doing confirmatory test?
3 screening tests
What is the ratio between CD4 and CD8 when you are normal and when with HIV?
2:1 Normal
1:2 HIV
This is the reference hospital for toxicology?
East Avenue Medical Doctors
This is the reference hospital for hematology?
National Kidney and Transplant Institute
This is the reference hospital for biochemistry?
Lung Center of the Philippines
This is the reference hospital for tropical diseases?
Research Institure for Tropical Medicine
