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 ce...
Topics
- Cell Line
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Coculture Techniques
- Cohort Studies
- Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral
- HIV Core Protein p24
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Infant
- Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
- Phenotype