title: Acute HIV revisited: new opportunities for treatment and prevention.
abstract: Inability to recognize incident infection has traditionally limited both scientific and public health approaches to HIV disease. Recently, some laboratories have begun adding HIV nucleic acid amplification testing to HIV diagnostic testing algorithms so that acute (antibody-negative) HIV infections can be routinely detected within the first 1-3 weeks of exposure. In this review article, we will highlight critical opportunities for HIV treatment and prevention that are presented by these diagnostic strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-7215, USA. cpilcher@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Pilcher
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Eron
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Galvin
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.forename: Myron S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans