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Nature 2013; 503:277-280 Wagner R, Leschonsky B, Harrer E, et al. Molecular and functional analysis of a conserved CTL epitope in HIV-1 p24 recognized from a long-term nonprogressor: constraints on immune escape associated with targeting a sequence essential for viral replication. Acute HIV-1 Infection HENDRIK STREECK AND MARCUS ALTFELD Introduction Within days of HIV-1 acquisition, a transient symptomatic illness associated with high levels of HIV-1 replication and rapid loss of CD4 cells occurs. This highly dynamic phase is accompanied by clinical symptoms similar to mononucleosis. However, despite an estimate of 6,000 new HIV-1 transmissions per day (UNAIDS 2013 Global Report), the diagnosis is missed in the majority of cases. The diagnosis requires a high degree of awareness and clinical knowledge based on clinical symptoms and history of exposure, in addition to specific laboratory tests (detection of HIV-1 RNA or p24 antigen and negative HIV-1 antibodies). An accurate diagnosis of HIV-1 infection during this early stage of infection is par- ticularly important as about 50% of new sexual transmissions are estimated to happen while a person is in this primary phase of infection (Brenner 2007). Indeed, phylo- genetic analyses demonstrate a clustering of infections during primary HIV-1 infec- tion, and the catalytic effect of acute HIV-1 infection on the HIV pandemic could be prevented or at least slowed by early diagnosis and immediate antiretroviral therapy intervention (see below). The potentially beneficial use of antiretroviral therapy as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) could change the face of acute HIV-1 infection in the future (see ART chapter). Recent studies conducted in South Africa, Europe and the US have demonstrated that the use of tenofovir or tenofovir gel might significantly protect from HIV infection (Cohen 2011, Karim 2011). It has been demonstrated that new HIV infections can be reduced by up to 86% (confi- dence interval 40–99%) in individuals at high risk (IperGAY study, www. While no resistant breakthroughs have been detected so far, it is currently unknown how much risk of increased viral resistance due to this monotherapeutic use of anti- retroviral medication although it has not been seen to date except in people who were probably serconverting near the time of starting PrEP. Moreover, it is unknown whether other antiretrovial medications or longer-acting formulations may be better suited as PrEP. Definition and classification Acute HIV-1 infection (AHI) is defined by high levels of plasma HIV-1 RNA in the presence of a negative anti-HIV-1 ELISA and/or negative/indeterminate Western Blot (<3 bands positive) documenting the evolving humoral immune response; whereas early HIV-1 infection (EHI) includes anyone with documentation of being HIV-1 antibody negative in the preceding 6 months and is therefore broader than the definition of acute HIV-1 infection. Both are included in the term primary HIV-1 infection (PHI) (see Figure 1). A more detailed classification system of the early phases of HIV infection is now in use (Fiebig 2003), which has little relevance for clinical decisions but is important for scientific purposes. The definition used influences the methods needed to make the diagnosis and any considerations regarding the path- ogenic implications of this stage of disease. Acute HIV-1 infection is often associated with an acute “retroviral syndrome” that usually includes fever with a variety of non- specific clinical and laboratory abnormalities. In contrast, subjects with early HIV-1 infection can be asymptomatic. The time from exposure to symptomatic disease is Acute HIV-1 Infection 53 Figure 1: Fiebig stages of acute HIV infection typically 2 to 4 weeks, and the duration of illness is generally days to weeks. Identifying patients with this syndrome requires a thorough risk assessment, recog- nition of the variable clinical and laboratory manifestations, and understanding what tests need to be performed in order to make the diagnosis. Signs and symptoms After an incubation period ranging from a few days to a few weeks after exposure to HIV, infected individuals often present with an acute flu-like illness. Acute HIV-1 infection is a very heterogeneous syndrome and individuals presenting with more severe symptoms during acute infection and a longer duration of the acute infec- tion syndrome tend to progress more rapidly to AIDS (Vanhems 1998, Pedersen 1989, Keet 1993). The clinical symptoms of acute HIV-1 infection were first described in 1985 as an illness resembling infectious mononucleosis (Cooper 1985). Several non-specific signs and symptoms have been reported in association with acute infec- tion. Fever in the range of 38 to 40ºC is almost always present; in addition, lymphadenopathy concomitant with the emergence of a specific immune response to HIV occurs.

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