Blood Center Testing Allows the Detection and Rapid Treatment of Acute and Recent HIV Infection

Blood donations in South Africa are tested for HIV RNA using individual donation NAT (ID-NAT), allowing detection and rapid antiretroviral therapy (ART) of acute HIV infections. We enrolled a cohort of acute and recent HIV-infected blood donation candidates in South Africa in 2015-2018, measured HIV...

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Veröffentlicht in:Viruses 2022-10, Vol.14 (11), p.2326
Hauptverfasser: van den Berg, Karin, Vermeulen, Marion, Bakkour, Sonia, Stone, Mars, Jacobs, Genevieve, Nyoni, Cynthia, Barker, Coreen, McClure, Christopher, Creel, Darryl, Grebe, Eduard, Roubinian, Nareg, Jentsch, Ute, Custer, Brian, Busch, Michael P, Murphy, Edward L, On Behalf Of The Recipient Epidemiology And Donor Evaluation Study Reds-Iii South Africa International Program
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Zusammenfassung:Blood donations in South Africa are tested for HIV RNA using individual donation NAT (ID-NAT), allowing detection and rapid antiretroviral therapy (ART) of acute HIV infections. We enrolled a cohort of acute and recent HIV-infected blood donation candidates in South Africa in 2015-2018, measured HIV antibody, ID-NAT, and recency of infection
ISSN:1999-4915
1999-4915
DOI:10.3390/v14112326