Diagnosing HIV infection in patients presenting with glandular fever-like illness in primary care: Are we missing primary HIV infection?

HIV Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-63

  Hsu, D T S ^a   Ruf, M ^a   O'Shea, S ^b   Costelloe, S ^b   Peck, J ^a   Tong, C Y W ^b,c  

^a NHS Lambeth ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Glandular fever like illness; Missed diagnoses; Prevalence; Primary HIV infection; Seroconversion

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENGLAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MASS SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84870557265     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2012.01023.x     Document Type: Article

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