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Acute HIV-1 infection: past lessons, current thinking, future goals

Acute HIV-1 infection: past lessons, current thinking, future goals EDITORIAL COMMENT Acute HIV-1 infection: past lessons, current thinking, future goals a b Marcus Altfeld and Martin Markowitz Partners AIDS Research Center and Infectious Disease Unit, Massachusetts In their review, Daar et al. (pp. 000 – 000) emphasize that General Hospital and Division of AIDS, Harvard Medical School, Boston, the diagnosis of acute HIV-1 infection remains prob- Massachusetts and Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA lematic, because relying on symptoms alone to guide the use of diagnostic testing may be both cost-ineffective Correspondence to Martin Markowitz, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, 455 First Ave 7th Floor, NY 10016, USA and inefficient. Furthermore, cohort studies have suffered Tel: +1 212 448 5020; fax: +1 212 725 1126 from bias in referral patterns and representation of Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS 2008, 3:1 – 3 diversity. Nevertheless, the importance of diagnosis is critical with regard to an individual’s decision regarding treatment as well as public health issues surrounding This issue of Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS is devoted transmission and viral load reduction, and education in to detailed discussion and review of the epidemiology, risk reduction. clinical presentation, diagnosis and management, virol- ogy, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Current Opinion in HIV and Aids Wolters Kluwer Health

Acute HIV-1 infection: past lessons, current thinking, future goals

Markowitz, Martin
Current Opinion in HIV and Aids , Volume 3 (1) – Jan 1, 2008
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EDITORIAL COMMENT Acute HIV-1 infection: past lessons, current thinking, future goals a b Marcus Altfeld and Martin Markowitz Partners AIDS Research Center and Infectious Disease Unit, Massachusetts In their review, Daar et al. (pp. 000 – 000) emphasize that General Hospital and Division of AIDS, Harvard Medical School, Boston, the diagnosis of acute HIV-1 infection remains prob- Massachusetts and Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA lematic, because relying on symptoms alone to guide the use of diagnostic testing may be both cost-ineffective Correspondence to Martin Markowitz, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, 455 First Ave 7th Floor, NY 10016, USA and inefficient. Furthermore, cohort studies have suffered Tel: +1 212 448 5020; fax: +1 212 725 1126 from bias in referral patterns and representation of Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS 2008, 3:1 – 3 diversity. Nevertheless, the importance of diagnosis is critical with regard to an individual’s decision regarding treatment as well as public health issues surrounding This issue of Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS is devoted transmission and viral load reduction, and education in to detailed discussion and review of the epidemiology, risk reduction. clinical presentation, diagnosis and management, virol- ogy,

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Published: Jan 1, 2008

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