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SUBMITTER: Laeyendecker O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6461304 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Laeyendecker Oliver O Gray Ronald H RH Grabowski M Kate MK Reynolds Steven J SJ Ndyanabo Anthony A Ssekasanvu Joseph J Fernandez Reinaldo E RE Wawer Maria J MJ Serwadda David D Quinn Thomas C TC
AIDS research and human retroviruses 20190129 4
The limiting-antigen avidity (LAg-Avidity) assay with viral load (VL) >1,000 copies/mL is being used to estimate population-level HIV incidence in Africa. However, this has not been validated in East Africa where HIV-1 subtypes A and D circulate. Sera from persons seen in two surveys (2008-2009 and 2012-2013) limited to those who attended the previous round of the Rakai Community Cohort in Uganda were analyzed. The performance of the current LAg-Avidity protocol, with a mean duration of recent i ...[more]