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Cross-sectional detection of acute HIV infection: timing of transmission, inflammation and antiretroviral therapy.

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Gay, C; Dibben, O; Anderson, JA; Stacey, A; Mayo, AJ; Norris, PJ; Kuruc, JD; Salazar-Gonzalez, JF; Li, H; Keele, BF; Hicks, C; Margolis, D ...
Published in: PLoS One
May 10, 2011

BACKGROUND: Acute HIV infection (AHI) is a critical phase of infection when irreparable damage to the immune system occurs and subjects are very infectious. We studied subjects with AHI prospectively to develop better treatment and public health interventions. METHODS: Cross-sectional screening was employed to detect HIV RNA positive, antibody negative subjects. Date of HIV acquisition was estimated from clinical history and correlated with sequence diversity assessed by single genome amplification (SGA). Twenty-two cytokines/chemokines were measured from enrollment through week 24. RESULTS: Thirty-seven AHI subjects were studied. In 7 participants with limited exposure windows, the median exposure to HIV occurred 14 days before symptom onset. Lack of viral sequence diversification confirmed the short duration of infection. Transmission dates estimated by SGA/sequencing using molecular clock models correlated with transmission dates estimated by symptom onset in individuals infected with single HIV variants (mean of 28 versus 33 days). Only 10 of 22 cytokines/chemokines were significantly elevated among AHI participants at enrollment compared to uninfected controls, and only 4 participants remained seronegative at enrollment. DISCUSSION: The results emphasize the difficulty in recruiting subjects early in AHI. Viral sequence diversity proved accurate in estimating time of infection. Regardless of aggressive screening, peak viremia and inflammation occurred before enrollment and potential intervention. Given the personal and public health importance, improved AHI detection is urgently needed.

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PLoS One

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1932-6203

Publication Date

May 10, 2011

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6

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5

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e19617

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United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Viral Load
  • Time Factors
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Inflammation
  • Humans
  • HIV-1
  • HIV Seronegativity
  • HIV Infections
 

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Gay, C., Dibben, O., Anderson, J. A., Stacey, A., Mayo, A. J., Norris, P. J., … Cohen, M. S. (2011). Cross-sectional detection of acute HIV infection: timing of transmission, inflammation and antiretroviral therapy. PLoS One, 6(5), e19617. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019617
Gay, Cynthia, Oliver Dibben, Jeffrey A. Anderson, Andrea Stacey, Ashley J. Mayo, Philip J. Norris, JoAnn D. Kuruc, et al. “Cross-sectional detection of acute HIV infection: timing of transmission, inflammation and antiretroviral therapy.PLoS One 6, no. 5 (May 10, 2011): e19617. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019617.
Gay C, Dibben O, Anderson JA, Stacey A, Mayo AJ, Norris PJ, et al. Cross-sectional detection of acute HIV infection: timing of transmission, inflammation and antiretroviral therapy. PLoS One. 2011 May 10;6(5):e19617.
Gay, Cynthia, et al. “Cross-sectional detection of acute HIV infection: timing of transmission, inflammation and antiretroviral therapy.PLoS One, vol. 6, no. 5, May 2011, p. e19617. Pubmed, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019617.
Gay C, Dibben O, Anderson JA, Stacey A, Mayo AJ, Norris PJ, Kuruc JD, Salazar-Gonzalez JF, Li H, Keele BF, Hicks C, Margolis D, Ferrari G, Haynes B, Swanstrom R, Shaw GM, Hahn BH, Eron JJ, Borrow P, Cohen MS. Cross-sectional detection of acute HIV infection: timing of transmission, inflammation and antiretroviral therapy. PLoS One. 2011 May 10;6(5):e19617.

Published In

PLoS One

DOI

EISSN

1932-6203

Publication Date

May 10, 2011

Volume

6

Issue

5

Start / End Page

e19617

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Viral Load
  • Time Factors
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Inflammation
  • Humans
  • HIV-1
  • HIV Seronegativity
  • HIV Infections