Open AccessNovel Criteria for Diagnosing Acute and Early Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in a Multinational Study of Early Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation
Author(s) -
Trevor A Crowell,
Justin Ritz,
Robert W. Coombs,
Zheng Li,
Joseph J. Eron,
John W. Mellors,
Joan Dragavon,
Gert U. van Zyl,
Javier R. Lama,
Kiat Ruxrungtham,
Beatriz Grinsztejn,
Roberto C. Arduino,
Lawrence Fox,
Jintanat Ananworanich,
Eric S. Daar,
Earlier
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciaa1893
Subject(s) - interquartile range , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , antiretroviral therapy , antibody , immunology , viral load , stage (stratigraphy) , prospective cohort study , virology , pediatrics , biology , paleontology
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation during acute and early human immunodeficiency virus infection (AEHI) limits HIV reservoir formation and may facilitate post-ART control but is logistically challenging. We evaluated the performance of AEHI diagnostic criteria from a prospective study of early ART initiation.