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Table 1 Different serological and molecular tests carried out on three different samples collected from the same patient at different dates

From: An antiretroviral drug-naïve human immunodeficiency virus-1 infected woman with a persistent non-reactive proviral deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase chain reaction: a case report

Sample code (interval of sample collection)

4th generation EIAs

Serotyping

Western blot

Proviral DNA PCR group M (Biocentric)

Proviral DNA PCR group O (“in-house”)

Viral load RNA M (Biocentric)

Non-specific PCR (integrase gene)

PCR RT, protease and gp41 genes of HIV-1 group M

PCR RT, protease and gp41 genes of HIV-1 group O

D0 (first sample)

Positive

Not detected

/

/

/

/

/

/

/

D15 (2 weeks)

Positive

Not detected

gp160, gp110/120 (trace), gp41 (trace), p68, p55, p40, p25, p18

Negative*

Negative*

3.9 log/mL

Positive*

Positive*

Negative*

D49 (6 weeks)

Positive

Not detected

/

Negative*

Negative*

3.3 log/mL

Positive*

Positive*

Negative*

  1. EIA, enzyme immune assay; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; RNA, ribonucleic acid; RT, reverse transcriptase; *tested three times consecutively; / test not carried out.