title: [Clinical and virological study of a case of infection with the HIV-LAV 2 virus].
abstract: A case of AIDS due to HIV/LAV2 is reported. The patient was a 32 year old man from Guinea-Bissau with no known risk factors. He had brain toxoplasmosis, oral thrush and chronic genital herpes. Investigations for IgG anti-HIV/LAV1' (Elisa, Western Blot, Ripa) were negative. Antibodies to HIV/LAV2 were found and cultures of peripheral blood lymphocytes and cerebro-spinal fluid were positive. HIV/LAV2 seems to be similar to STLV-III (mac), STLV-III (agm), and probably HTLV-IV.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006800:Deltaretrovirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007943:Leukemia, Hairy Cell / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral
vernacular_title: Etude clinique et virologique d'un cas d'infection par le virus HIV-LAV 2.