title: Recovery of infectious HIV-1 from whole saliva.
abstract: Whole saliva and serum samples were collected from 75 HIV-infected homosexual or bisexual men. Thirty-eight percent of cultured sera were positive for cell-free, infectious virus while only 1 percent of the 218 cultured whole salivas contained cell-free, infectious virus. These data support previous studies suggesting unlikely potential transmissibility of HIV infection by saliva.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York 10003.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Croxson
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Denman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jandorek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24 / Q000032:analysis; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000382:microbiology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012463:Saliva / Q000382:microbiology*; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory
chemical_list: D016655:HIV Core Protein p24