Acute HIV-1 infection is as common as malaria in young febrile adults seeking care in coastal Kenya

AIDS

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1357-1363

  Sanders, Eduard J ^a,b   Mugo, Peter ^a   Prins, Henrieke A B ^a   Wahome, Elizabeth ^a   Thiong'O, Alexander N ^a   Mwashigadi, Grace ^a   Van Der Elst, Elisabeth M ^a   Omar, Anisa ^c   Smith, Adrian D ^d   Graham, Susan M ^a,e,f  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c County Health Office ^*  (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute HIV 1 infection; Africa; Clinical algorithm; Provider initiated testing and counselling; Treatment as prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIV INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FEVER; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922481248     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000245     Document Type: Article

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