Prospective Study of Acute HIV-1 Infection in Adults in East Africa and Thailand

2016289 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Merlin L. Robb · Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Leigh Anne Eller · Henry M. Jackson Foundation

Hannah Kibuuka · Makerere University Walter Reed Project

Kathleen Rono · Henry M. Jackson Foundation

Lucas Maganga · Mbeya University of Science and Technology

Sorachai Nitayaphan · Henry M. Jackson Foundation

Eugène Kroon

Abstract

The viral-load set point occurred at a median of 31 days after the first detection of plasma viremia and correlated with peak viremia. Few symptoms and signs were observed during acute HIV-1 infection, and they were most common before peak viremia. (Funded by the Department of Defense and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.).

Topics & Keywords

HIV Research and Treatment HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 374, Issue 22, pp. 2120-2130

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1508952

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