Article
Non-syncytium-inducing HIV type 1 isolated from infected individuals replicates in MT-2 cells.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Dec 1994
Forte S E, Byron K S, Sullivan J L, Somasundaran M
Abstract excerpt
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) isolates from six infected individuals less then 4 years of age were phenotyped for their syncytium-inducing (SI) ability in MT-2 cells. Three viral isolates that induced syncytia were detected. One SI isolate was from an individual who was in disease stage P2A,B,C and two SI isolates were recovered sequentially from another individual who switched from disease stage...
Topics
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- CD4 Lymphocyte Count
- Child, Preschool
- Genes, gag
- Giant Cells
- HIV Core Protein p24
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Infant
- Phenotype
- RNA, Viral