Dual infection of HIV-1 and HTLV-I in south India: a study on a patient with AIDS-related complex.
A dually HIV- and HTLV-infected ARC patient was found by serological studies in South India. These viruses were isolated and molecular study showed that the patient had both HIV-1 and HTLV-I but not HIV-2 and HTLV-II. In addition to this, 9 other dually infected persons which include another full-blown AIDS case have been identified as on July 1993 in South India. Our findings provide an opportunity to clarify geographical distribution of these human retroviruses.
Koyanagi
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Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
Yoshida
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Suzuki
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Uma
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Ananthasubramaniam
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Ramajayam
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S
Yamamoto
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D000386:AIDS-Related Complex / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D001483:Base Sequence; D005260:Female; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015368:Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015367:Human T-lymphotropic virus 2 / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction