Article
Greater diversity of the HIV-1 V3 neutralization domain in Tanzania compared with The Netherlands: serological and genetic analysis.
AIDS (London, England) - 1 Apr 1993
Zwart G, Wolfs T F, Bookelman R, Hartman S, Bakker M, Boucher C A, Kuiken C, Goudsmit J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To compare variation in the HIV-1 V3 neutralization domain in Tanzania and The Netherlands. METHODS: For serologic analysis, the specificity of anti-V3 antibodies (immunoglobulin G) for a panel of V3 peptides was determined in sera from 55 symptomatic HIV-1-infected Tanzanians and 51 D...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antibody Specificity
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- HIV Antibodies
- HIV Envelope Protein gp120
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Male
