Article
HIV type 1 phenotype correlates with the stage of infection in vertically infected children.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Sept 1996
Balotta C, Viganò A, Riva C, Colombo M C, Salvaggio A, de Pasquale M P, Crupi L, Papagno L, Galli M, Moroni M, Principi N
Abstract excerpt
A cohort of 39 vertically infected children (class N, A, B, and C of the CDC HIV classification for pediatric infection) was studied by virus isolation and non-syncytium inducing (NSI)/syncytium inducing (SI) HIV-1 phenotype evaluation. The HIV-1 isolates were recovered from PBMCs and the MT-2 cell line was used to perform the syncytium assay. HIV-1 could be isolated in 34 of 39 (87%) infected children,...
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