False-positive HIV screening tests during the COVID-19 pandemic, a passing trend?

False-positive fourth-generation HIV screening tests are rare and are usually associated with various infections and autoimmune diseases. SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination were recently linked with false-positive HIV screening test results. However, little is known about false-positives in people...

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Published inAIDS (London) Vol. 37; no. 15; pp. 2430 - 2432
Main Authors Lasmanovich, Rinat, Atias, Dor, Mor, Orna, Obolski, Uri
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.12.2023
Subjects
COVID-19 - diagnosis
COVID-19 - epidemiology
False Positive Reactions
HIV Infections - diagnosis
HIV Infections - epidemiology
Humans
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2
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Summary:False-positive fourth-generation HIV screening tests are rare and are usually associated with various infections and autoimmune diseases. SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination were recently linked with false-positive HIV screening test results. However, little is known about false-positives in people who performed HIV screening tests after outbreaks of different SARS-CoV-2 strains and vaccination campaigns. Here, we examined the false-positive rates in samples collected by the Israeli AIDS Task Force in 2018--2022, with respect to such factors.
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ISSN:0269-9370
1473-5571
DOI:10.1097/QAD.0000000000003693