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Amplifying and Quantifying HIV-1 RNA in HIV Infected Individuals with Viral Loads Below the Limit of Detection by Standard Clinical Assays
Published on: September 26, 2011
Early identification of seronegative human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection with severe presentation
Bum Sik Chin1, Sun Hee Lee, Gab Jung Kim
1Division of AIDS, Center for Immunology and Pathology, Korea National Institute of Health, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|March 9, 2007
Abstract:
Specific antibodies against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), usually used for diagnosis, almost invariably become detectable within 3 months of exposure. We report on a patient whose HIV infection was identified early by a combined antigen/antibody test, but seroconversion did not occur for 7 months, until the implementation of antiretroviral therapy.

