Blood Center Testing Allows the Detection and Rapid Treatment of Acute and Recent HIV Infection

Blood Center Testing Allows the Detection and Rapid Treatment of Acute and Recent HIV Infection

Blood donations in South Africa are tested for HIV RNA using individual donation NAT (ID-NAT), allowing detection and rapid antiretroviral therapy (ART) of acute HIV infections. We enrolled a cohort of acute and recent HIV-infected blood donation candidates in South Africa in 2015–2018, measured HIV...

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Main Authors: Karin van den Berg, Marion Vermeulen, Sonia Bakkour, Mars Stone, Genevieve Jacobs, Cynthia Nyoni, Coreen Barker, Christopher McClure, Darryl Creel, Eduard Grebe, Nareg Roubinian, Ute Jentsch, Brian Custer, Michael P. Busch, Edward L. Murphy, on behalf of the Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study (REDS)-III South Africa International Program
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
blood donors
HIV reservoir
HIV cure
HIV clade C
South Africa
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/11/2326

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