Performance of five different assays for the quantification of viral load in persons infected with various subtypes of of HIV
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The Amplicor HIV blood test appears to be the most accurate HIV test, especially for detecting non-B subtype strains. The PERT test was more accurate in detecting O and M subtypes.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2000
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HIV-1 p24 may persist during long-term highly active antiretroviral therapy, increases little during short treatment breaks, and its rebound after treatment stop correlates with CD4(super +) T cell loss
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A structured treatment interruptions (STI) is used to study the dynamics of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) -1 p24 on treatment withdrawal. The result indicates that p24 in plasma persists in one third of patients after a median of 2 years of stably suppressed viremia and levels of persisting p24 are affected little during short STIs.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2005
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High frequency of non-B subtypes in newly diagnosed HIV-1 infections in Switzerland
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In Switzerland in the late 1990s, more people are contracting HIV through heterosexual sex and more are being infected by non-B viral subtypes. Of 206 newly diagnosed HIV patients, 28% were infected with subtypes other than B, which has been the predominant subtype in Switzerland. Over 90% were African citizens.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 1999
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