Unusual virus produced by cultured cells from a patient with AIDS.
Cultured haemic cells from an AIDS patient were found to produce a morphologically new virus, not adult T-cell leukaemia virus (ATLV). Sera from 35 promiscuous homosexuals, 10 with and 25 without AIDS, did not have antibodies to ATLV (HTLV), but the sera of 6 of those patients reacted with cultured cells from the AIDS patient.
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017977:Deltaretrovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014780:Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure