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Re: HIV screening "window" & PCR

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From: Falk Fish
Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 00:00
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The current window's median is about 6 months.

Theoretically, PCR should reduce the window, however, the actual 
performance does not always live to its expectations.  The problem may 
emanate from:

1. Specimen preparation problems;

2. The virus is not located in circulating periferal lymphocytes at the 
early stages of the infection.  Therefore, even very efficient 
amplification methods are unable to detect.

The are some groups working on other methods for window shrinking with 
some impressive results.

You should realize also that the window is an estimate: it is difficult, 
if not impossible, to know when the active infection started.

Falk Fish
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Date: 1995/05/29
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