Length of incubation time for human immunodeficiency virus cultures.
Qualitative human immunodeficiency virus culture is a slow, labor-intensive, and expensive procedure, yet critical for the diagnosis of infants born to human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive mothers. We report that the cultures can be terminated at day 21 with minimal false-negative results but with considerable savings in both time and money.
Fiscus
S A
SA
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599.
Welles
S L
SL
Spector
S A
SA
Lathey
J L
JL
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