Recovery of infectious HIV-1 from whole saliva.
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.
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Department of Dental Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York 10003.
Miller
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Lopez
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Croxson
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Schwartz
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Denman
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Jandorek
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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
D016655:HIV Core Protein p24