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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2008, p. 2453-2456, Vol. 46, No. 7
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02217-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Difficulties in Diagnosing Group O Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Acute Primary Infection {triangledown}

Cécile Henquell,1* Christine Jacomet,2 Odile Antoniotti,3 Abdelhak Chaib,4 Christel Regagnon,1 Sylvie Brunet,6 Hélène Peigue-Lafeuille,1,5 and Francis Barin6

CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Laboratoire de Virologie, Hôpital Gabriel Montpied, F-63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France,1 CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Gabriel, Montpied, F-63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France,3 Centre Hospitalier Montluçon, Service de Dermatologie, F-03100 Montluçon, France,2 Centre Hospitalier Montluçon, Laboratoire, F-03100 Montluçon, France,4 Laboratoire de Virologie—EA 3843, Faculté de Médecine, Université Clermont 1, F-63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France,5 Université François-Rabelais, Inserm ERI 19, and Centre National de Référence du VIH, CHRU Bretonneau, F-37037 Tours, France6

Received 16 November 2007/ Returned for modification 8 April 2008/ Accepted 6 May 2008

We report a rare case of acute human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 group O infection in a French Caucasian woman. Her sexual partner was secondarily diagnosed with HIV infection, and transmission was confirmed by phylogenetic analysis. The unequal performance of many of the serologic and molecular assays commercially available leads to delays in diagnosis and affects patient management.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Laboratoire de Virologie Médicale, Centre de Biologie, 58, rue Montalembert, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand CEDEX, France. Phone: 33 4 73 75 48 50. Fax: 33 4 73 75 48 51. E-mail: chenquell{at}chu-clermontferrand.fr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 14 May 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2008, p. 2453-2456, Vol. 46, No. 7
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02217-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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