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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
HTLV-III IN SYMPTOM-FREE SERONEGATIVE PERSONS
The Lancet, Volume 324, No. 8417-8418, Year 1984
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Description
Of 96 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or AIDS-related complex and healthy individuals at risk for AIDS, 4 had no detectable antibodies to viral proteins, though human T-cell leukaemia (lymphotropic) virus type III was isolated from their lymphocytes. 3 of these subjects were symptom-free and 1 had lymphadenopathy. All 4 were sexual partners of patients with AIDS or AIDS-related complex. The occurrence of seronegative but virus-positive persons without clinical symptoms suggests that assays other than those detecting antibody to virus, perhaps based on detection of viral antigens or immune complexes, may be required to identify all infected individuals. © 1984.
Authors & Co-Authors
Markham, Phillip D.
United States, Bethesda
National Institutes of Health Nih
United States, Boston
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
United States, Kensington
Litton Bionetics, Inc.
United States, Silver Spring
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
Redfield, Robert R.
United States, Bethesda
National Institutes of Health Nih
United States, Boston
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
United States, Kensington
Litton Bionetics, Inc.
United States, Silver Spring
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
Essex, Max E.
United States, Bethesda
National Institutes of Health Nih
United States, Boston
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
United States, Kensington
Litton Bionetics, Inc.
United States, Silver Spring
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
McLane, Mary Fran
United States, Bethesda
National Institutes of Health Nih
United States, Boston
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
United States, Kensington
Litton Bionetics, Inc.
United States, Silver Spring
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
Gallo, Robert C.
United States, Bethesda
National Institutes of Health Nih
United States, Boston
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
United States, Kensington
Litton Bionetics, Inc.
United States, Silver Spring
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
Statistics
Citations: 171
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0140-6736(84)91619-2
ISSN:
01406736
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Sexual And Reproductive Health