A nurse counsels a client to have the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (EIA) test. Which of the following best describes the rationale for this test?
a. To indicate the presence of the antibody to HIV
b. To reveal whether or not the client has AIDS
c. To isolate the HIV virus
d. To confirm HIV after having a positive Western blot
ANS: A
The EIA is used to indicate the presence of the antibody to HIV. To minimize false positive re-sults, the Western blot is used as a confirmatory test to verify the results. The EIA does not iso-late the virus, nor does it reveal whether the individual has symptomatic AIDS.
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