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Screening for Acute HIV Infection: Lessons Learned
Author(s) -
Joanne D. Stekler,
Janine Maenza,
Claire E. Stevens,
Paul D. Swenson,
Robert W. Coombs,
Robert Wood,
Mary S. Campbell,
David C. Nickle,
Ann C. Collier,
Matthew R. Golden
Publication year - 2007
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 - 10.1086/510747
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , intensive care medicine , immunology
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) nucleic acid testing is increasingly being used by researchers and public health screening programs to identify highly infectious, HIV antibody-negative individuals with acute HIV infection. We present cases to illustrate unusual instances of acute HIV screening, which include "window period" testing and the discovery of low-level HIV RNA.

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