The early immune response to HIV-1 infection is likely to be an important factor in
determining the clinical course of disease. Recent data indicate that the HIV-1 quasispecies …

Acute human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (AHI) can be defined as the time from
HIV acquisition until seroconversion. Incident HIV infection is less well defined but …

Background HIV transmission risk is higher during acute and early HIV infection than it is
during chronic infection, but the contribution of early infection to the spread of HIV is …

Methods We conducted a scoping review [28] synthesizing the most recent literature on
clinical and public health implications of widespread AHI detection and treatment. This …

Objective: Cross-sectional HIV incidence surveillance, using assays that distinguish
'recent'from 'nonrecent'infections, has been hampered by inadequate performance and …

Introduction: Knowledge of HIV status relies on accurate HIV testing, and is the first step
towards access to HIV treatment and prevention programmes. Globally, HIV-status …

Background. Although men who have sex with men (MSM) represent a dominant risk group
for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the risk of HIV infection within this population is not …

Abstract (See the editorial commentary by Branson and Stekler, on pages 521–4.)
Background. Most human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) point-of-care tests detect antibodies …

There are important recent advances in detection of EHIs at the individual and population
levels. Applying optimal combinations of tests in diagnostic and HIV incidence algorithms is …

More numerous and severe primary HIV-1 infection symptoms predict more rapid disease
progression. Pooled HIV-1 RNA screening and fourth generation HIV-1 enzyme …