Detection of HIV in the dental pulp of a patient with AIDS.
Dental pulp tissue from a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) was examined to determine the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The results found a high concentration of proviral HIV DNA.
Glick
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Department of oral Medicine, Temple University School of Dentistry, Philadelphia 19140.
Trope
M
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Pliskin
M E
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000032:analysis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006678:HIV / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans
D004279:DNA, Viral