학술논문

Diagnosis of acute HIV infection: it's time to get moving!
Document Type
Commentary
Source
Annals of Internal Medicine. 01/02/2001, Vol. 134 Issue 1, p75-77. 3p.
Subject
*PHYSICIANS
*HIV infections
*VIRAL disease diagnosis
*ATTITUDE (Psychology)
*DIAGNOSIS of HIV infections
*COMPARATIVE studies
*HIV
*RESEARCH methodology
*MEDICAL cooperation
*PROTEINS
*RESEARCH
*RNA
*VIRAL load
*EVALUATION research
Language
ISSN
0003-4819
Abstract
Editorial. Observes the lax attitude of medical professionals in the United States regarding the diagnosis of acute HIV infection. Relegation of diagnosis and treatment to specialists; Difficulty of diagnosing acute HIV infection; Sensitivity and specificity rates of p24 antigen assay and HIV-1 plasma viral load assay.