IMPACT OF HIV-1 SUBTYPE AND SEX ON SEDIA LIMITING ANTIGEN AVIDITY ASSAY PERFORMANCE Author(s): Eduard Grebe1, Gary Murphy2, Sheila M. Keating3, Dylan Hampton3, Michael P. Busch3, Shelley Facente4, Kara Marson4, Christopher D. Pilcher4, Andrew Longosz5, Susan H. Eshleman5, Thomas C. Quinn5, Alex Welte1, Neil Parkin6, Oliver Laeyendecker5 1 South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and…
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Malawi’s approach to recent HIV infection surveillance entails a phased scale-up approach over the next two years to reach sites representing 80% of new HIV diagnoses annually. The first phase, beginning in April 2019, will roll-out recent HIV infection testing to 22 sites in Blantyre district. By the end of 2019, stakeholders hope to have…
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by Dr. George Rutherford University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Soon after the first-generation HIV test was licensed in 1985, there was interest in understanding what went on in infection before measurable HIV antibody appeared. This was largely driven by blood banks’ need to be able to identify donors with HIV infection before they became…
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