title: [HIV Antigens as complement fixing circulating immune complexes].
abstract: To detect HIV antigens in circulating complement fixing immune complexes (ICs) we assessed an ELISA using wells of microtitre plates coated with F(ab)2 anti-C3b and monoclonal antibodies anti-HIV gp120 and anti-HIV p24. We tested 24 anti-HIV positive subjects (Group A), 10 anti-HIV negative subjects at risk of acquiring HIV infection (Group B), 20 normal controls (Group C) and 2 seroconversion panels. We found HIV antigens in ICs in all sera from seroconversion panels, in 25.5% of sera from subjects in Group A, in 28.6% of sera from subjects in Group B and in no serum from subjects in Group C. A subject in Group B acquired HIV infection during the observation. HIV antigens in ICs by our assay were detected 8 months before Anti-HIV and Ag by commercial ELISA.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Malattie Tropicali e Subtropicali, Seconda Universita di Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Filippini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guarino
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lapenta
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marrocco
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Panico
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Messina
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authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Piccinino
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sagnelli