Virus Load during Primary Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Type 1 Infection Is Related to the Severity of Acute HIV Illness in Kenyan Women | Zendy

Ludo Lavreys | Zendy; Jared M. Baeten | Zendy; Julie Overbaugh | Zendy; Dana Panteleeff | Zendy; Bhavna Chohan | Zendy; Barbra A. Richardson | Zendy; Kishorchandra Mandaliya | Zendy; Jeckoniah NdinyaAchola | Zendy; Joan K. Kreiss | Zendy

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Virus Load during Primary Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Type 1 Infection Is Related to the Severity of Acute HIV Illness in Kenyan Women

Author(s) -

Ludo Lavreys,

Jared M. Baeten,

Julie Overbaugh,

Dana Panteleeff,

Bhavna Chohan,

Barbra A. Richardson,

Kishorchandra Mandaliya,

Jeckoniah NdinyaAchola,

Joan K. Kreiss

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/340862

Subject(s) - medicine , sore throat , seroconversion , myalgia , virus , immunology , viral load , rash , virology , viral disease

We evaluated the association between the severity of primary human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) illness and HIV-1 plasma virus load before seroconversion using stored plasma samples obtained from 74 prostitutes in Mombasa, Kenya. Fever, vomiting, headache, fatigue, arthralgia, myalgia, sore throat, skin rash, or being too sick to work were each associated with significantly higher virus loads before HIV-1 seroconversion, and each additional symptom or sign was associated with an increase in virus load of 0.4 log(10) copies/mL.

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