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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
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Rate and Incidence Estimates of Recent Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infections among Pregnant Women in São Paulo, Brazil, from 1991 to 2002

Carmem A. de Freitas Oliveira,1* Mirthes Ueda,1 Rosemeire Yamashiro,1 Rosângela Rodrigues,1 Haynes W. Sheppard,2 and Luís Fernando de Macedo Brígido1,3

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Seção de Sorologia, Instituto Adolfo Lutz-Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 351, 10° andar, 01246-902 São Paulo, Brazil. Phone: (55) 11 3068 2885. Fax: (55) 11 3085 3505. E-mail: freitas{at}ial.sp.gov.br.

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
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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