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From: An unexpected diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus-2 infection in an overseas visitor: a case report

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Mrs M.R’s HIV-1 and HIV-2 western blot assays. a HIV-1 western blot at the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory. Lane 1 control sample; lane 2 interpretation schema; lane 3 patient sample. Black arrow indicates positive band corresponding to HIV-2. Multiple bands detected in lane 3 do not match HIV-1 proteins. b HIV-2 specific western blot at the National Reference Laboratory. Lane 1 quality control (QC) 1:2048 dilution; lane 2 QC 1:4096 dilution; lane 3 QC 1:8192 dilution; lane 4 patient sample (highlighted in red); lane 5 negative control; lane 6 positive control with interpretation schema. Note patient has multiple HIV-2 bands matching QC and positive control samples

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