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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Early detection of HIV infection among kenyan infants using a reverse transcriptase activity assay
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Volume 31, No. 7, Year 2012
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Description
Two hundred HIV-exposed Kenyan infants were tested for HIV infection at birth and at age 6, 12, 24 and 48 weeks, by DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Cavidi reverse transcriptase (RT) assays and after age 18 months by HIV antibody test. Eleven (5.5%) infants became HIV infected. In 6 infants, positive RT preceded positive DNA PCR. The use of RT assay may facilitate earlier HIV diagnosis in infants. © 2012 by Lippincott Williams ∧ Wilkins.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sivapalasingam, Sumathi
United States, New York
Nyu Grossman School of Medicine
Ahmed, Aabid
Kenya, Mombasa
Bomu Medical Centre
Mendillo, Megan
United States, New York
Nyu Grossman School of Medicine
Holzman, Robert
United States, New York
Nyu Grossman School of Medicine
Marshed, Fatma
Kenya, Mombasa
Bomu Medical Centre
Mwamzuka, Musa
Kenya, Mombasa
Bomu Medical Centre
Khamadi, Samoel Ashimosi
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Mwau, Matilu M.
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Laverty, Maura
United States, New York
Nyu Grossman School of Medicine
Valentine, Fred
United States, New York
Nyu Grossman School of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 10
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1097/INF.0b013e318259bc1e
ISSN:
08913668
e-ISSN:
15320987
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Infectious Diseases