Genetic Diversity as a Marker for Timing Infection in HIV-Infected Patients: Evaluation of a 6-Month Window and Comparison With BED

Abstract

In an extended data set of 1354 specimens classified by BED, the optimized MBC performed significantly better than a simple MBC (agreement, 68.98% vs 67.13%). If further validated, the MBC may prove beneficial for detecting recent infection and estimating the incidence of HIV infection.