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J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM.02217-07
Copyright (c) 2008, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed Authors/Institutions. All Rights Reserved.

ACUTE PRIMARY INFECTION WITH A HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TYPE 1 (HIV-1) GROUP O: A PUZZLING DIAGNOSIS

Cécile Henquell*, Christine Jacomet, Odile Antoniotti, Abdelhak Chaib, Christel Regagnon, Sylvie Brunet, Hélène Peigue-Lafeuille, and Francis Barin

CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Laboratoire de Virologie, Hôpital Gabriel Montpied, F-63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France; CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Gabriel Montpied, F-63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France; Centre Hospitalier Montluçon, Service de Dermatologie, F-03100 Montluçon, France; Centre Hospitalier Montluçon, Laboratoire, F-03100 Montluçon, France; Laboratoire de Virologie – EA 3843, Faculté de Médecine, Univ Clermont 1, F- 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France; Université Fr ançois-Rabelais, Inserm ERI 19, and Centre National de Référence du VIH, CHRU Bretonneau, F-37037 Tours, France

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: chenquell{at}chu-clermontferrand.fr.


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Abstract

We report a rare case of acute HIV-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. Unequal performances of many serologic and molecular assays commercially available lead to delays in diagnosis and affecting patient management.