Question

how do autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid factor influence the outcome of a patient's HIV IgG ELISA

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Autoimmune diseases can have a variety of mixed symptoms that flare up and disappear, making diagnosis difficult. The causes of autoimmune disease are a combination of the individual's genetic makeup and the effect of environmental influences, such as sunlight, infections, medications, and environmental chemicals.

Occasionally, a result is neither positive nor negative. For people with low HIV risk, inconclusive HIV results are often false positive results. Factors such as pregnancy, blood transfusions, viral infections, or autoimmune disease may be a factor in inconclusive HIV results.