Article
Effect of the HIV-1 syncytium-inducing phenotype on disease stage in vertically-infected children.
Journal of medical virology - 1 May 1998
Fitzgibbon J E, Gaur S, Gavai M, Gregory P, Frenkel L D, John J F
Abstract excerpt
The syncytium-inducing (SI) capability of HIV-1 isolates from 48 HIV-infected children was determined in order to examine the association of the SI phenotype with an AIDS diagnosis and/or with other clinical parameters in HIV-infected children. In a retrospective cross-sectional analysis, phenoty...
Topics
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- CD4 Lymphocyte Count
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Disease Progression
- Giant Cells
- HIV Core Protein p24
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Infant
- Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
- Longitudinal Studies
- Phenotype
- Retrospective Studies
