Article
Genetic analysis of HIV-1 during rapid progression to AIDS in an apparently healthy man.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Mar 1994
Oka S, Ida S, Shioda T, Takebe Y, Kobayashi N, Shibuya Y, Ohyama K, Momota K, Kimura S, Shimada K
Abstract excerpt
We encountered a case of HIV-1 infection in a previously healthy man, which was characterized by rapid progression to AIDS and death within 7 months in association with high levels of antigenemia throughout the clinical course and no humoral immune response for at least 6 months. Genetic changes...
Topics
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Cell Line
- DNA, Viral
- Genetic Variation
- HIV Seropositivity
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Time Factors