METHOD AND KIT FOR ESTIMATING HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) INCIDENCE

摘要

The present invention provides a method for determining the incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in a population comprising comparing the anti-HIV antibody levels of in vitro stimulated tissue samples to those of un-stimulated tissue samples from individual members of said population and related kits. The present invention also provides a method of determining the distribution of recent, non-recent, and late stage human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in a population comprising comparing the in vitro stimulated anti-HIV immunoreactivity and un-stimulated anti-HIV immunoreactivity in tissue samples from individual members of said population and related kits.