Acknowledgments
We thank Fujirebio Incorporation for providing the Lumipulse® HIV Ag/Ab assay. We also acknowledge other colleagues who took part in the routine detection but do not become authors.
Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Research funding: This work was supported by the Health and Family Planning Commission of Sichuan Province, under Grant no. (2017)70.
Employment or leadership: None declared.
Honorarium: None declared.
Competing interests: The funding organization played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.
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