Difficulties in diagnosing group o human immunodeficiency virus type 1 acute primary infection.
We report a rare case of acute human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 group O infection in a French Caucasian woman. Her sexual partner was secondarily diagnosed with HIV infection, and transmission was confirmed by phylogenetic analysis. The unequal performance of many of the serologic and molecular assays commercially available leads to delays in diagnosis and affects patient management.
Henquell
Cécile
C
CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Laboratoire de Virologie, Hôpital Gabriel Montpied, F-63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France. chenquell@chu-clermontferrand.fr
Jacomet
Christine
C
Antoniotti
Odile
O
Chaib
Abdelhak
A
Regagnon
Christel
C
Brunet
Sylvie
S
Peigue-Lafeuille
Hélène
H
Barin
Francis
F
D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D005838:Genotype; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012747:Sexual Partners
D012367:RNA, Viral