Synthetic Peptides in the Diagnosis of HIV Infection

Title: Synthetic Peptides in the Diagnosis of HIV Infection

Volume: 4 Issue: 4

Author(s): Maria Claudia Alcaro, Elisa Peroni, Paolo Rovero and Anna Maria Papini

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Keywords: synthetic peptides, neurological diseases, commercially-available assays, prion diseases, diagnostic methodologies, autoimmune disease

Abstract: Peptide-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays have been found to be enough sensitive and specific for the diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus specific antibodies in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients. This review provides an overview of the most important peptides developed for use as synthetic antigens in immunodiagnosis of HIV-infected patients. In particular, many studies have been devoted to discriminate between the two retroviruses HIV-1 and HIV-2, as well as different subtypes.

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Alcaro Claudia Maria, Peroni Elisa, Rovero Paolo and Papini Maria Anna, Synthetic Peptides in the Diagnosis of HIV Infection, Current Protein & Peptide Science 2003; 4 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389203033487117