ABSTRACT
Increased availability of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) screening test and more public enlightenment have resulted in more people coming forward to access counseling and testing at the HIV counseling and testing centers in Nigeria. Some of the clients however obtained indeterminate and false positive results leading to emotional disturbance and occasionally; dilemma to the attending physician. This article/case series looked at some of these situations and discussed how they were attended to
Subject(s)
Case Reports , False Positive Reactions , HIV Seropositivity , Social Problems , TherapeuticsABSTRACT
At the end of 1985; when the AIDS epidemic was in its early stages in Uganda; a survey was carried out in a peripheral area of the country. Sera were collected from groups of people; and examined for the presence of HIV infection. The results show a very limited number of positive cases; present only among sexually active subjects. High specificity and sensitivity in the laboratory tests was shown by the Western blot technique