title: Glycoprotein B subtyping of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in the vitreous of patients with AIDS and CMV retinitis.
abstract: A 550-bp region of the cytomegalovirus (CMV) glycoprotein B (gB) gene was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from 141 vitreous specimens of 120 patients with AIDS and CMV retinitis from three different metropolitan centers. The distribution of gB subtypes I, II, III, and IV were 19%, 43%, 12%, and 21%, respectively, based on restriction enzyme digestion patterns of PCR-amplified DNA. Two patients had simultaneous infection with two different gB subtypes. The ratio of gB subtypes was similar among the three geographically distinct patient populations. Two of 14 patients with bilateral vitreous specimens had different viral subtypes in each eye. In addition, different gB subtypes were observed in 1 of 6 patients with serial specimens. The ratio of different gB subtypes in the vitreous of patients with CMV retinitis is similar to that previously reported in the peripheral blood of patients with advanced AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Francis I. Proctor Foundation, UCSF Medical Center 94143-0944, USA.
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Chern
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Chandler
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Kuppermann
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Wolitz
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Margolis
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000821:virology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002140:California; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D017726:Cytomegalovirus Retinitis / Q000150:complications / Q000821:virology*; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; C040495:glycoprotein B, Simplexvirus