title: High prevalence of serum antibodies to reverse transcriptase in HIV-1-infected individuals.
abstract: The HIV immunoblot profiles of 700 HIV-antibody-positive sera were examined to determine the frequency of antibody reactivity with p66/p51, the reverse transcriptase of HIV. We report a remarkably high seroprevalence of antibodies to p66/p51, detected in 79% of the sera. Only gp41 is recognized more frequently in these assays. The level of anti-p66/p51 seroreactivity varies only slightly among the clinical stages of HIV infection.
mesh_terms: D000386:AIDS-Related Complex / Q000276:immunology; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000276:immunology*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D006678:HIV / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology*; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D015488:HIV Antigens; D006801:Humans; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D015488:HIV Antigens; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase