title: Length of incubation time for human immunodeficiency virus cultures.
abstract: Qualitative human immunodeficiency virus culture is a slow, labor-intensive, and expensive procedure, yet critical for the diagnosis of infants born to human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive mothers. We report that the cultures can be terminated at day 21 with minimal false-negative results but with considerable savings in both time and money.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Fiscus
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Welles
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Spector
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lathey
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D013997:Time Factors; D014776:Virus Cultivation / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*