title: [Isolation of LAV/HTLV III from tears of patients with the ARC syndrome].
abstract: Isolation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was attempted from the tears of seven patients with ARC. For two of these patients the fluid from cell cultures showed significant reverse transcriptase activity. One strain was maintained on C.E.M. (T lymphocytes cell line). Indirect fixed cell immuno fluorescence and Western Blot tests have shown this strain to be a HIV. This result confirms other already published data. Although there is no evidence of transmission through tears, the presence of the virus should not be forgotten.
mesh_terms: D000386:AIDS-Related Complex / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006678:HIV / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000378:metabolism; D012306:Risk; D013666:Tears / Q000201:enzymology / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
vernacular_title: Isolement du LAV/HTLV III dans les larmes de sujets atteints d'ARC syndrome.