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Can Htlv Virus Interfere With The Results Of Hiv Antibody Test ?

hi just want to know if having htlv virus can interfere with the results of hiv antibody test and hiv rna pcr test?and can having tubercolosis interfere with the results too?
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HELLO & WELCOME TO HCM FORUM


Factors Known to Cause False-Positive HIV Antibody Test Results
•     Anti-carbohydrate antibodies
•     Naturally-occurring antibodies
•     Passive immunization: receipt of gamma globulin or immune globulin (as prophylaxis against infection which contains antibodies)
•     Leprosy
•     Tuberculosis (YOUR PROBLEM)
•     Mycobacterium avium
•     Systemic lupus erythematosus
•     Renal (kidney) failure
•     Hemodialysis/renal failure
•     Alpha interferon therapy in hemodialysis patients
•     Flu
•     Flu vaccination
•     Herpes simplex I
•     Herpes simplex II
•     Upper respiratory tract infection (cold or flu)
•     Recent viral infection or exposure to viral vaccines
•     Pregnancy in multiparous women
•     Malaria
•     High levels of circulating immune complexes
•     Hypergammaglobulinemia (high levels of antibodies)
•     False positives on other tests, including RPR (rapid plasma reagent) test for syphilis
•     Rheumatoid arthritis
•     Hepatitis B vaccination
•     Tetanus vaccination
•     Organ transplantation
•     Renal transplantation
•     Anti-lymphocyte antibodies
•     Anti-collagen antibodies (found in gay men, haemophiliacs, Africans of both sexes and people with leprosy)
•     Serum-positive for rheumatoid factor, antinuclear antibody (both found in rheumatoid arthritis and other autoantibodies)
•     Autoimmune diseases : Systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, connective tissue disease, dermatomyositis
•     Acute viral infections, DNA viral infections
•     Malignant neoplasms (cancers)
•     Alcoholic hepatitis/alcoholic liver disease
•     Primary sclerosing cholangitis
•     Hepatitis
•     "Sticky" blood (in Africans)
•     Antibodies with a high affinity for polystyrene (used in the test kits)
•     Blood transfusions, multiple blood transfusions
•     Multiple myeloma
•     HLA antibodies (to Class I and II leukocyte antigens)
•     Anti-smooth muscle antibody
•     Anti-parietal cell antibody
•     Anti-hepatitis A IgM (antibody)
•     Anti-Hbc IgM
•     Administration of human immunoglobulin preparations pooled before 1985
•     Haemophilia
•     Haematologic malignant disorders/lymphoma
•     Primary biliary cirrhosis
•     Stevens-Johnson syndrome9,
•     Q-fever with associated hepatitis
•     Heat-treated specimens
•     Lipemic serum (blood with high levels of fat or lipids)
•     Haemolyzed serum (blood where haemoglobin is separated from the red cells)
•     Hyperbilirubinemia
•     Globulins produced during polyclonal gammopathies (which are seen in AIDS risk groups)
•     Healthy individuals as a result of poorly-understood cross-reactions
•     Normal human ribonucleoproteins
•     Other retroviruses (YOUR PROBLEM)
•     Anti-mitochondrial antibodies
•     Anti-nuclear antibodies
•     Anti-microsomal antibodies
•     T-cell leukocyte antigen antibodies
•     Proteins on the filter paper
•     Epstein-Barr virus
•     Visceral leishmaniasis
•     Receptive anal sex

HIV RNA PCR IS SPECIFIC FOR HIV AND WILL NOT BE HINDERED BY ANY OTHER HTLV/ TB

THIS TEST IS USED TO DIAGNOSE WHENEVER WESTERN BLOT TEST IS NON SPECIFIC.


TAKE CARE

DR. MAYANK BHARGAVA
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Can Htlv Virus Interfere With The Results Of Hiv Antibody Test ?

HELLO & WELCOME TO HCM FORUM Factors Known to Cause False-Positive HIV Antibody Test Results • Anti-carbohydrate antibodies • Naturally-occurring antibodies • Passive immunization: receipt of gamma globulin or immune globulin (as prophylaxis against infection which contains antibodies) • Leprosy • Tuberculosis (YOUR PROBLEM) • Mycobacterium avium • Systemic lupus erythematosus • Renal (kidney) failure • Hemodialysis/renal failure • Alpha interferon therapy in hemodialysis patients • Flu • Flu vaccination • Herpes simplex I • Herpes simplex II • Upper respiratory tract infection (cold or flu) • Recent viral infection or exposure to viral vaccines • Pregnancy in multiparous women • Malaria • High levels of circulating immune complexes • Hypergammaglobulinemia (high levels of antibodies) • False positives on other tests, including RPR (rapid plasma reagent) test for syphilis • Rheumatoid arthritis • Hepatitis B vaccination • Tetanus vaccination • Organ transplantation • Renal transplantation • Anti-lymphocyte antibodies • Anti-collagen antibodies (found in gay men, haemophiliacs, Africans of both sexes and people with leprosy) • Serum-positive for rheumatoid factor, antinuclear antibody (both found in rheumatoid arthritis and other autoantibodies) • Autoimmune diseases : Systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, connective tissue disease, dermatomyositis • Acute viral infections, DNA viral infections • Malignant neoplasms (cancers) • Alcoholic hepatitis/alcoholic liver disease • Primary sclerosing cholangitis • Hepatitis • Sticky blood (in Africans) • Antibodies with a high affinity for polystyrene (used in the test kits) • Blood transfusions, multiple blood transfusions • Multiple myeloma • HLA antibodies (to Class I and II leukocyte antigens) • Anti-smooth muscle antibody • Anti-parietal cell antibody • Anti-hepatitis A IgM (antibody) • Anti-Hbc IgM • Administration of human immunoglobulin preparations pooled before 1985 • Haemophilia • Haematologic malignant disorders/lymphoma • Primary biliary cirrhosis • Stevens-Johnson syndrome9, • Q-fever with associated hepatitis • Heat-treated specimens • Lipemic serum (blood with high levels of fat or lipids) • Haemolyzed serum (blood where haemoglobin is separated from the red cells) • Hyperbilirubinemia • Globulins produced during polyclonal gammopathies (which are seen in AIDS risk groups) • Healthy individuals as a result of poorly-understood cross-reactions • Normal human ribonucleoproteins • Other retroviruses (YOUR PROBLEM) • Anti-mitochondrial antibodies • Anti-nuclear antibodies • Anti-microsomal antibodies • T-cell leukocyte antigen antibodies • Proteins on the filter paper • Epstein-Barr virus • Visceral leishmaniasis • Receptive anal sex HIV RNA PCR IS SPECIFIC FOR HIV AND WILL NOT BE HINDERED BY ANY OTHER HTLV/ TB THIS TEST IS USED TO DIAGNOSE WHENEVER WESTERN BLOT TEST IS NON SPECIFIC. TAKE CARE DR. MAYANK BHARGAVA