Acute HIV Infection in Pregnancy: The Case for Third Trimester Rescreening
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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 transmission. Thus, early identification of AHI could allow for interventions to decrease transmission. Howe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2090-6625,2090-6633
DOI: 10.1155/2011/340817