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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2005, p. 1439-1442, Vol. 43, No. 3
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1439-1442.2005
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Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde,1 National Program on STD and AIDS, Ministry of Health, São Paulo, Brazil,3 Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, California Department of Health Services, Berkeley, California2
Received 22 March 2004/ Returned for modification 18 August 2004/ Accepted 7 November 2004
The serological testing algorithm for recent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroconversion (STARHS) was employed to estimate HIV incidence among pregnant women from São Paulo, Brazil. A cross-sectional study (1999 to 2002) showed an incidence of infection of 0.2 per 100 pregnant women per year (95% confidence interval, 0.041 to 0.608). Western blot profiles suggested an association between results of the STARHS analysis and gp41/gp31 bands.
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