Acute HIV-1 infection in sub-Saharan Africa: A common occurrence overlooked

AIDS

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1365-1367

  Powers, Kimberly A ^a   Cohen, Myron S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute HIV 1 infection; Africa; Clinical algorithm; Treatment as prevention

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; NOTE; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREVALENCE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84902113887     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000277     Document Type: Note

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