All of the following are used in diagnosis of HIV in a 2 month old child except:
Ans. A. HIV ELISAHIV ELISA cannot be used in diagnosis of HIV in a child up to 18 months of age.* This is because all neonates born to HIV infected mothers will have IgG antibody in their blood regardless of their infection status.* So up until 18 months of age they will continue to test positive. Hence HIV ELISA should not be used.
HIV ELISA
p24 antigen assay
DNA PCR
Viral culture
Infection