Publication Date:
1984-08-24
Description:
Infectious retroviruses have been detected in 22 of 45 randomly selected patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and in other individuals from San Francisco. The AIDS-associated retroviruses (ARV) studied in detail had a type D morphology, Mg2+-dependent reverse transcriptase, and cytopathic effects on lymphocytes. The viruses can be propagated in an established adult human T cell line, HUT-78. They cross-react with antiserum to the lymphadenopathy-associated retrovirus isolated from AIDS patients in France. Antibodies to ARV were found in all 86 AIDS patients and in a high percentage of 88 other homosexual men in San Francisco. This observation indicates the widespread presence of these lymphocytopathic retroviruses and their close association with AIDS.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Levy, J A -- Hoffman, A D -- Kramer, S M -- Landis, J A -- Shimabukuro, J M -- Oshiro, L S -- CA-34980/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1984 Aug 24;225(4664):840-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6206563" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/immunology/*microbiology
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Antibodies, Viral/analysis
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Bone Marrow/microbiology
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California
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Cell Line
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Cells, Cultured
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Cross Reactions
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Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral
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Deltaretrovirus/immunology/*isolation & purification/physiology/ultrastructure
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*Homosexuality
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Humans
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Leukocytes/microbiology
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Lymphatic Diseases/immunology
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Male
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RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/metabolism
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Syndrome
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T-Lymphocytes
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Virus Cultivation
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
