Assessment of recent HIV-1 infection by a line immunoassay for HIV-1/2 confirmation.

Assessment of recent HIV-1 infection by a line immunoassay for HIV-1/2 confirmation.

BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the number of recent HIV infections is important for epidemiologic surveillance. Over the past decade approaches have been developed to estimate this number by testing HIV-seropositive specimens with assays that discriminate the lower concentration and avidity of HIV antibod...

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Main Authors: Jörg Schüpbach, Martin D Gebhardt, Zuzana Tomasik, Christoph Niederhauser, Sabine Yerly, Philippe Bürgisser, Lukas Matter, Meri Gorgievski, Rolf Dubs, Detlev Schultze, Ingrid Steffen, Corinne Andreutti, Gladys Martinetti, Bruno Güntert, Roger Staub, Synove Daneel, Pietro Vernazza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-12-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2100138?pdf=render

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