This will ensure women who
seroconvert and become HIV positive later in the pregnancy receive appropriate treatment.'
Studies published after 1991 report a variation in the proportion of preterm infants weighing <2000 g at birth who
seroconvert, which range from 55% to 100%.
A few children in both groups didn't
seroconvert (i.e., develop protective antibody levels) but the levels were not statistically different.
Most patients
seroconvert to positive HIV serology within four to 10 weeks after exposure using newer diagnostic tests, and [greater than or equal to]95%
seroconvert within six months.
Bauer labels F(HIV)-are usually not sick, will not necessarily develop AIDS, may spontaneously change (
seroconvert) so they are no longer HIV positive, and are not likely to infect anyone else by blood transfer or sex, Dr.
With respect to the HIV advocates and leaders in the prevention community who contributed to the article, I think it is a gross oversimplification to state that the practice of engaging in unprotected sex (anal or otherwise) is due to a need to
seroconvert and get it over with, due to being part of a "down-low" mentality, or due to discomfort with condoms.
People who
seroconvert now are viewed with suspicion.
And--contrary to popular stereotypes--the data the scientists reviewed consistently showed that men over age 25 were more likely to
seroconvert than those under 25.
ATLANTA -- Women with Lyme disease display more clinical symptoms than do men with the disease and also are less likely to
seroconvert following treatment, according to findings from a prospective cohort study involving 77 patients.
In the HerpeSelect tests, individuals who were seronegative before may take up to 3 weeks to
seroconvert. In the old tests, IgG and IgM titers could be used to distinguish an old infection from a new one, he said.
These blood bankers were surprised to discover that too many of their employees failed to
seroconvert following vaccination for HBV.
ATLANTA--Women with Lyme disease display more clinical symptoms than do men with the disease and also are less likely to
seroconvert following treatment, according to findings from a prospective cohort study involving 77 patients.