A simple method for improved assay demonstrates that HIV p24 antigen is present as immune complexes in most sera from HIV-infected individuals

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 21-28

  Nishanian, Parunag ^a   Huskins, Kenneth R ^a   Stehn, Susan ^a   Detels, Roger ^a   Fahey, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; DENATURATION; DISSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SEROCONVERSION;

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; COHORT STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV ANTIGENS; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 0025329515     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/162.1.21     Document Type: Article

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