As screening tool for HIV-1 infection, anti HIV-1 ELISA kit with high sensitivity was proved to be very efficient. Because of its high sensitivity, the use of the kit to screen HIV-1 infection in low risk individuals or in seroprevalence study in population of non-endemic area will reduce its specificity. Therefore, there will be many false positive results which, in turn, will give psychososia…
Malayan filariasis is still the major public health problem in Indonesia. In endemic area, when microfilaremia and clinical manifestations are absent, the diagnosis of malayan filariasis is extremely important, particurlarly for filariasis control. With the development of hybridoma technology, it is possible to produce monoclonal antibody against any stage of brugia malayi, which is capable of …