Challenges of Diagnosing Acute HIV-1 Subtype C Infection in African Women: Performance of a Clinical Algorithm and the Need for Point-of-Care Nucleic-Acid Based Testing

• Koleka Mlisana ,

  * E-mail: mlisanak@ukzn.ac.za

  Affiliations Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, National Health Laboratory Services, Durban, South Africa

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• Magdalena Sobieszczyk,

  Affiliation Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Lise Werner,

  Affiliation Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Addi Feinstein,

  Affiliation Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Francois van Loggerenberg,

  Affiliation Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Nivashnee Naicker,

  Affiliation Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Carolyn Williamson,

  Affiliations Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine & the Division of Medical Virology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Nigel Garrett

  Affiliation Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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