Reduction of the diagnostic window in three cases of human immunodeficiency-1 subtype E primary infection with fourth-generation HIV screening assays

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 73-79

  Weber, Bernard ^a,b,f   Thorstensson, R ^c   Tanprasert, S ^d   Schmitt, U ^e   Melchior, W ^e  

^a Lab Reunis Kutter Lieners Hostert   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

^e ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

^f Laboratoires Reunis Kutter Lieners Hastert Centre Langwies   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; HIV seroconversion; HIV seronegativity; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV ANTIGENS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0041837458     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2003.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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