Article
Evaluation of commercially available assays for antibodies to HIV-1 in serum obtained from South African patients infected with HIV-1 subtypes B, C, and D.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Nov 1994
Engelbrecht S, de Jager G J, van Rensburg E J
Abstract excerpt
Between 1984 and 1990, virus was routinely isolated and serum collected from patients diagnosed at hospitals in the Western Cape as suffering from AIDS or AIDS-related conditions (ARC). From these, 17 virus strains were selected at random for sequencing and molecular characterisation of the env gene. The strains were previously characterised as belonging to HIV-1 subtypes B, C and D. The purpose of the present...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Complex
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Western
- Evaluation Studies as Topic
- Genetic Variation
- HIV Antibodies
- HIV Envelope Protein gp41
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
