Simple estimation of incident HIV infection rates in notification cohorts based on window periods of algorithms for evaluation of line-immunoassay result patterns.

Tests for recent infections (TRIs) are important for HIV surveillance. We have shown that a patient's antibody pattern in a confirmatory line immunoassay (Inno-Lia) also yields information on time since infection. We have published algorithms which, with a certain sensitivity and specificity, d...

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Main Authors: Jörg Schüpbach, Martin D Gebhardt, Alexandra U Scherrer, Leslie R Bisset, Christoph Niederhauser, Stephan Regenass, Sabine Yerly, Vincent Aubert, Franziska Suter, Stefan Pfister, Gladys Martinetti, Corinne Andreutti, Thomas Klimkait, Marcel Brandenberger, Huldrych F Günthard, Swiss HIV Cohort Study
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3753319?pdf=render