Diagnosing acute HIV infection: The performance of quantitative HIV-1 RNA testing (viral load) in the 2014 laboratory testing algorithm.
J Clin Virol
; 93: 85-86, 2017 08.
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| ID: mdl-28342746
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 1,377,793copies/mL.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
ARN Viral
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Infecciones por VIH
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VIH-1
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Clin Virol
Asunto de la revista:
VIROLOGIA
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article