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Medico Research Chronicles
By Dr. Rohini Gaikwad, Anita Ramchandran and Dr. Sujata Baveja.
HIV is a worldwide public health concern demanding simple, effective diagnostic strategy [1]. Diagnosis of deadly Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection is very important for prevention and better patient management [1].
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1) To compare diagnostic accuracy of Combaids versus ELISA as first screening test in positive samples by using two test strategy (2TS) and three test strategy (3TS) for HIV diagnosis 2) To study the cost implication of Combaids versus ELISA as first screening test in two and three tests strategy.
In this study a total 250 samples were tested by 2test strategy(2TS) and 3test strategy(3TS) by using Combaids/ELISA as first screening test and their results and costs were compared. Cost analysis showed 2TS is more cost effective than 3TS weather Comaids or ELISA is used as a first screening test. Thus, either Combaids/ELISA can be used as 1 st screening test.
2TS and 3TS are equally effective in diagnosis when using Combaids/ELISA. 2TS is more cost effective than 3TS specially when using Combaids as a first screening test. Keywords: Combaids /ELISA, cost implication. Key Words: Combaids /ELISA, cost implication
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