Comparison of human immunodeficiency virus biological phenotypes isolated from cerebrospinal fluid and peripheral blood.

doi:10.1002/jmv.1890470117

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Comparison of human immunodeficiency virus biological phenotypes isolated from cerebrospinal fluid and peripheral blood.

Journal of medical virology - 1 Sept 1995

Peeters M F, Colebunders R L, Van den Abbeele K, Nys P C, Goeman J, Colans P, Geerts Y, Van der Groen G

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Quantitative human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cultures were carried out on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), and plasma from patients with HIV in order to compare the infectious HIV load. The HIV strains isolated were studied for syncytium-inducing (SI) capa...

Topics

Adult
Cells, Cultured
Female
Giant Cells
HIV Infections
HIV-1
Humans
Leukocytes, Mononuclear
Male
Neurologic Examination
Phenotype

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