Prolonged seroconversion in an elite controller of HIV-1 infection.
HIV-1 diagnosis is usually based on the detection of specific antibodies, appearing in a time-determined pattern following the infection. We describe a prolonged HIV-1 seroconversion in an elite controller (defined as having HIV-1 RNA persistently <50copies/ml while untreated). HIV-1 diagnosis was delayed and complicated by this atypical evolution.
Clerc
O
O
Infectious Diseases Service, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. olivier.clerc@chuv.ch
Cavassini
M
M
Böni
J
J
Schüpbach
J
J
Bürgisser
P
P
D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral