False-positive HIV Antibody Tests in RPR-Reactive Patients To the Editor.— The indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is known to be associated with a certain amount of false-positivity. False-positive results have be....
The epidemiologic situation of syphilitic infection warrants attention to diagnostic methods. Nontreponemal tests (rapid plasma regain, Venereal Disease Research Laboratory) are less reliable, as there are certain situations when false-positive reactions
False positive reactive plasmin reagin (RPR) reactivity following a COVID-19 vaccine has been reported, and it is therefore conceivable that individuals who receive frequent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccinations may exhibit durable RPR responses. Here, we sought to investigate ...
In stochastic thermodynamics, taking the average over all possible trajectories would give the average entropy production, which is always positive3. Then the next step in our study is to identify the trajectories related to the stochastic mutual information change Δι. Both classical and quantum ...
In Reply.— In our previous study, using the first-generation (version) Abbott human T-lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV III) ELISA, 15 (24.2%) of 62 RPR-reactive serum samples tested falsely positive for HIV antibody. Drs Kvinesdal and Pedersen did not observe this association when using....
To the Editor.— The indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is known to be associated with a certain amount of false-positivity. False-positive results have been found more frequently in people with liver diseases, parent...
The prevalence of biologic false-positive (BFP) non-treponemal tests ranges from 4–15% among HIV-infected persons. Abnormalities in B cell function are hypothesised to increase the probability of BFP in this population. Our aim was to determine the impact of combination antiretroviral therapy (...
Conclusion: There is no relationship between false-positive findings during breast cancer screening and later development of breast cancer. Patients who do not have an increased risk of developing breast cancer (due to family history) should not be followed-up clinically, but should be returned to...
In Reply.— In our previous study, using the first-generation (version) Abbott human T-lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV III) ELISA, 15 (24.2%) of 62 RPR-reactive serum samples tested falsely positive for HIV antibody. Drs Kvinesdal and Pedersen did not observe this association when using ...
False-positive HIV Antibody Tests in RPR-Reactive Patients-Reply In Reply.鈥 In our previous study, using the first-generation (version) Abbott human T-lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV III) ELISA, 15 (24.2%) of 62 RPR-reactive serum samples tested falsely positive for HIV antibody. Drs ...