Acute HIV Infection in Pregnancy: The Case for Third Trimester Rescreening

Combination testing with anti-HIV Elisa and Western blot is both sensitive and specific for diagnosis of established HIV-1 infection but could not detect acute HIV infection (AHI). AHI is a time of extremely high viral load, which may correlate to increased risk of horizontal or vertical transmissi...

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Main Authors: Jocelyn Wertz, Jason Cesario, Jennifer Sackrison, Sean Kim, Chi Dola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/340817
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