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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
Quantitation of replication-competent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in peripheral blood of infected individuals is critical for investigations of HIV pathogenesis and therapy. In this unit, the basic protocol determines the HIV titer in seropositive blood by measuring the tissue culture infectious dose (TCID) by an end-point dilution method. A second basic protocol utilizes the PHA-stimulated T cell blasts (activated T cells) in co-culture with PBMC as described in the first basic protocol for the short-term growth of HIV in vitro. An Alternate Protocol describes the accumulative method of determining 50% tissue culture infectious dose (TCID(50)) of HIV using the Reed-Muench equation when multiple replicates of a given sample are employed in the assay. A consequence of HIV infection is the depletion of CD4(+) target cells, evidenced by syncytia formation or single-cell death; two support protocols detail the evaluation of these cytopathic effects.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1934-368X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
Chapter 12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
Unit 12.2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Isolation and quantitation of HIV in peripheral blood.
pubmed:affiliation
Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center and New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article