Line Immunoassay for Confirmation and Discrimination of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Infections in Inconclusive Western Blot Serum Samples from Brazil

• Published in: Journal of clinical microbiology Vol. 58; no. 1
• Main Authors: Campos, Karoline R, Santos, Fred L N, da Silva Brito, Vanessa, Gonçalves, Noilson L S, Araujo, Thessika H A, Galvão-Castro, Bernardo, Caterino-de-Araujo, Adele
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 23.12.2019
• Subjects: Immunoassays; confirmatory serological tests; WB; diagnostic; LIA; HTLV

Difficulties in confirming and discriminating human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and HTLV-2 infections by serological Western blot (WB) assays (HTLV Blot 2.4; MP Biomedicals) have been reported in Brazil, mainly in HIV/AIDS patients, with a large number of WB-indeterminate and WB-positi...