Detection of an early HIV-1 infection by HIV RNA testing in an Italian blood donor during the preseroconversion window period

BACKGROUND: The implementation of NAT technologies for HIV screening has further reduced the diagnostic window in recent HIV infection. There is still a debate regarding the cost effectiveness of genomic screening of blood donations for transfusion‐transmitted viruses (HBV, HCV, HIV). STUDY DESIGN A...

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Published in:	Transfusion (Philadelphia, Pa.) Vol. 43; no. 7; pp. 848 - 852
Main Authors:	Aprili, Giuseppe, Gandini, Giorgio, Piccoli, Pierluigi, Bressan, Fausto, Gironcoli, Marzia De, Mazzi, Romualdo, Parisi, Saverio G., Gessoni, Gianluca, Marchiori, Giorgio, Franchini, Massimo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK and Malden, USA Blackwell Science Inc 01.07.2003 Blackwell Publishing
Subjects:	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - diagnosis Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - drug therapy Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - virology Adult Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active Biological and medical sciences Blood Donors Blood. Blood and plasma substitutes. Blood products. Blood cells. Blood typing. Plasmapheresis. Apheresis HIV Core Protein p24 - blood HIV Seropositivity - virology HIV-1 - genetics Human viral diseases Humans Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences RNA, Viral - blood Transfusions. Complications. Transfusion reactions. Cell and gene therapy Viral diseases Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids Human Immunopathology Retroviridae Male AIDS Serology Medical screening Immune deficiency Lentivirus Transfusion safety Blood Infection Virus Case study Donor Viral disease Early Human immunodeficiency virus
ISSN:	0041-1132, 1537-2995
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