On the duration of the period between exposure to HIV and detectable infection

On the duration of the period between exposure to HIV and detectable infection

HIV infection cannot be detected immediately after exposure because plasma viral loads are too small initially. The duration of this phase of infection (the “eclipse period”) is difficult to estimate because precise dates of exposure are rarely known. Therefore, the reliability of clinical HIV testi...

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Main Authors: Bernhard P. Konrad, Darlene Taylor, Jessica M. Conway, Gina S. Ogilvie, Daniel Coombs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:Epidemics
Subjects:
HIV
Eclipse period
Viral kinetics
Stochastic modelling
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436517300646

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