Isolation and antigenic characterization of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Brazil

Isolation and antigenic characterization of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Brazil

A retrovirus infecting a Brazilian AIDS patient was isolated and characterized in terms of its reactivity with sera from individuals infected with human immunodeficiency viruses 1 and 2 (HIV-1 and HIV-2). The Western blot analysis revealed that the Brazilian isolate is very similar to the well characterized HIV-1 strain. The serum of the patient from whom the virus was isolated did not react with the 140 kDa envelope glycoprotein specific for HIV-2.

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Main Authors: Galvão-Castro,B., Ivo-dos-Santos,J., Couto-Fernandez,J. C., Bongertz,V., Chequer-Bou-Habib,Dumith, Sion,F. S., Barth,O. M., Pereira,H., Pereira,M. S.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1987
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761987000400001
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