title: Diagnostic utility of immune-complex-dissociated p24 antigen detection in perinatally acquired HIV-1 infection in Rwanda.
abstract: We evaluated the diagnostic utility and prognostic value of immune-complex-dissociated (ICD) HIV-1 p24 antigen detection in a prospective cohort study of perinatally acquired HIV-1 infection in Butare, Rwanda. HIV-1 p24 antigen was measured after acid dissociation in plasma samples collected at 6 weeks and 3 months of age from 36 HIV-1 infected and 80 uninfected children born to HIV-1 infected women. Among children with persistent HIV-1 antibody after 12 months of age, 26.7% of samples tested ICD HIV-1 p24 antigen positive. Among children who died between 3 and 12 months of age but were classified as HIV-1 infected, 17.6% tested p24 antigen positive at 6 weeks of age and 33.3% at 3 months of age. Female infants were more likely to test p24 antigen positive than male infants (p = 0.046). The specificity of the assay was 96.8%. Cumulative probabilities of child survival to 36 months of age were computed by HIV-1 status of the child and early p24 antigenemia. The mean survival time was 7 months for HIV-1 infected children with a high (> 50 pg/ml) p24 antigen concentration versus 20 months for children with p24 antigen concentrations between 10 and 50 pg/ml (p = 0.02). Cumulative probabilities of survival to 36 months of age were 0% among HIV-1 infected children with at least one positive p24 antigen test, 44% among confirmed HIV-1 infected children who were p24 antigen-negative at both 6 weeks and 3 months of age, and 95% among seroreverting children (p < 0.001).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bulterys
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Farzadegan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dushimimana
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Voltz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nawrocki
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kurawige
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Saah
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000379:methods; D000328:Adult; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24 / Q000097:blood*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012432:Rwanda / Q000453:epidemiology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24