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Diagnosing acute HIV infection: The performance of quantitative HIV-1 RNA testing (viral load) in the 2014 laboratory testing algorithm.
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Journal of Clinical Virology . Aug2017, Vol. 93, p85-86. 2p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- New recommendations for laboratory diagnosis of HIV infection in the United States were published in 2014. The updated testing algorithm includes a qualitative HIV-1 RNA assay to resolve discordant immunoassay results and to identify acute HIV-1 infection (AHI). The qualitative HIV-1 RNA assay is not widely available; therefore, we evaluated the performance of a more widely available quantitative HIV-1 RNA assay, viral load, for diagnosing AHI. We determined that quantitative viral loads consistently distinguished AHI from a false-positive immunoassay result. Among 100 study participants with AHI and a viral load result, the estimated geometric mean viral load was 1,377,793 copies/mL. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13866532
- Volume :
- 93
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Virology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 124047589
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2017.02.005