V3 peptide enzyme immunoassay for serotyping HIV-1 infected pregnant Thais.
Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol
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1996 Dec; 14(2): 121-3
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-36609
ABSTRACT
Previous molecular epidemiological studies show that at least 2 subtypes of HIV-1 circulate in Thailand. HIV-1 subtype B or Thai genotype B was associated with an early epidemic and was prevalent in intravenous drug users. Meanwhile, HIV-1 subtype E or Thai genotype A was becoming widespread among heterosexuals. We studied the HIV subtypes of 161 HIV-1 seropositive pregnant women. Of these, 143 pregnant patients (88.8%) tested positive for subtype E alone and 8 women (5.0%) had evidence of infection with subtype B alone. There was serologic evidence of infection with a mixture of subtypes in 7 women while the infecting subtype could not be identified in the remaining 3 women. This result agrees with previous information that subtype E predominates in Thai heterosexuals.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Peptide Fragments
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Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
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Thailand
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
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Serotyping
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HIV Envelope Protein gp120
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HIV Infections
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Immunoenzyme Techniques
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol
Year:
1996
Type:
Article
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