title: Infection of brain-derived cells with the human immunodeficiency virus.
abstract: A malignant glioma cell line was infected with the human T-lymphotropic virus type IIIB isolate of the human immunodeficiency virus. Infection appeared to be latent rather than productive. Through contact with monocytic or lymphoid cells, the virus present in the glioma cells could be transmitted and gave rise to a fully productive infection.
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D005910:Glioma / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006678:HIV / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans