Undetectable plasma HIV-1 RNA with strong gag-pol specific interferon-γ ELISPOT response in an HIV-1 clade A/E-infected child untreated with antiretroviral therapy

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 165-169

  Ananworanich, Jintanat ^a   Pancharoen, Chitsanu ^a   Sirivichayakul, Sunee ^b   Buranapraditkun, Supranee ^b   Apateerapong, Wichitra ^a   Ubolyam, Sasiwimol ^a   Ruxrungtham, Kiat ^a,b  

^a THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; DNA B; GAG PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL SPECIFICITY; CLADISTICS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FUSION PROTEINS, GAG-POL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 8644240169     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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