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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-12-19
pubmed:abstractText
Cell-free human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) was precipitated from archival serum with polyethylene glycol (PEG), and HIV-1 RNA was detected and quantified by reverse transcription and amplification in a nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The assay of end-point dilutions cDNA in nested PCRs allowed an estimation of the minimum RNA copies per unit volume of serum. RNA titres correlated with the classification of HIV-1 infection by CDC disease groups (30 patients). The geometric mean titres of HIV-1 serum RNA from patients grouped by disease stage gave minimum estimates of 340 and 400 virions per millilitre of serum in CDC groups II and III (n = 6 and 10, respectively) and 4,240 virions per millilitre in CDC group IV (n = 14). An overall fall in viral titre measured in this way was observed in 3 patients during zidovudine treatment. HIV-1 titres increased in a further 4 patients when therapy was interrupted, stopped, or complicated by secondary infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0146-6615
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
38-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Direct measurement of viraemia in patients infected with HIV-1 and its relationship to disease progression and zidovudine therapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Microbiology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London, England.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't