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T1 HIV-1 Infection in Persistently HIV-1-Seronegative Individuals: More Reasons for HIV RNA Screening
A1 Ortiz de Lejarazu Leonardo, Raúl
A1 Soriano, Vincent
A1 Eiros Bouza, José María
A1 Arias, Manuel
A1 Toro, Carlos
K1 VIH
K1 Infección
K1 Anticuerpos
K1 32 Ciencias Médicas
AB The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently released updated guidelines for HIV diagnosis that recommend serum antibody testing by either EIAs or rapid tests and that encourage the identification of unrecognized HIV infections [1]. However, this approach may fail to identify subjects with acute infection. In consideration of the potential public health benefits of not missing individuals in the most contagious phase of infection, implementation of routine HIV RNA screening has been suggested [2]. We want to stress that there are other situations in which viral load is detectable in the absence of reactive antibody tests and in which the introduction of nucleic acid testing may be beneficial. This is the case for HIV-infected subjects in whom specific antibody responses are absent, as for the case reported here.
PB Oxford University Press
SN 1058-4838
YR 2008
FD 2008
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/45493
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/45493
LA eng
NO Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2008, vol. 46, n.5, p. 785
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 11-jul-2024