Year: 1999
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: We analyzed the anti-HIV antibody titer by particle agglutination (PA) on 11 HIV seroconversion panels. PA titer increased very rapidly and the titer went up to 1,000 or more within 18.2 days after seroconversion. The results suggest that one to two weeks of duration will be enough to differentiate persons at the early stage of HIV infection from individuals with HIV screening test initially reactive but false positive. In Japan, HIV prevalence is very low and the majority of the HIV screening test-positive (reactive) cases turned out to be false positive. This HIV testing strategy (one to two weeks interval bleeding) will be very practical and useful to differentiate early stage of HIV infection cases from the majority of false positive cases.
Source: Kansenshogaku zasshi
Institution: Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Public Health
Language: Japanese
Topic: HIV Research and Treatment
Subfield: Virology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W112624919