Full-length genome sequencing of HIV type 1 group O viruses isolated from a heterosexual transmission cluster in Senegal.

abstract：:We evaluated the performance of T-SPOT.TB (a commercial interferon gamma release assay) and its accuracy for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis (TB) among HIV-infected subjects with advanced immunodeficiency. In a clinical prospective study, we assessed the performance of T-SPOT.TB for the diagnosis of active TB in ...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Chen J,Sun J,Zhang R,Liu L,Zheng Y,Shen Y,Wang Z,Sun F,Li L,Lu H

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several reports have suggested an increased prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis in HIV-infected individuals. Vitamin D deficiency may be a risk factor for osteoporosis and bone fractures. We aimed to determine the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in an outpatient HIV clinic in Boston. We collected serum lev...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Rodríguez M,Daniels B,Gunawardene S,Robbins GK

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the patterns of change in body fat and metabolic parameters in a South African cohort on a first line ART regimen containing stavudine. Fasting lipogram, blood glucose and insulin levels, CD4 cell count, viral load, BMI, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and skinfold thickness at the tri...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： George JA,Venter WD,Van Deventer HE,Crowther NJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Downregulation of MHC class I expression following human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) infection is thought to play an important role in viral escape from immune recognition by cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs). Since exogenous addition of HIV-1-derived peptides restores susceptibility of HIV-1-infected cells to CTL-m...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Kutsch O,Vey T,Kerkau T,Hünig T,Schimpl A

更新日期：2002-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) probably originate from ancient germ cell infections by exogenous retroviruses. A high expression of retroviruses in reproductive tissue increases the risk of viral transmission to germ line cells. We therefore investigated the expression of human ERVs (HERVs) in normal endometrium, endo...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Hu L,Hornung D,Kurek R,Ostman H,Blomberg J,Bergqvist A

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lectins with specificity for terminal mannose residues and anti-mannan antibodies neutralize HIV-1 infection in vitro. This is assumed to be caused by binding of the agents to the viral glycoproteins. In this study we show that one such agent, the Galanthus nivalis lectin (GNA), also blocks infection at the target cel...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Hammar L,Hirsch I,Machado AA,De Mareuil J,Baillon JG,Bolmont C,Chermann JC

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract We assessed the viral envelope (V3-V5 region) sequence diversity from 13 HIV-1-infected Indian children from north India. All of the 13 children were found to be infected with subtype C viruses. One of the viral sequences exhibited usage of the CXCR4 coreceptor predicted by Web PSSM and Geno2pheno tools. Th...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Prakash SS,Kalra R,Lodha R,Kabra SK,Luthra K

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CCR5 has preferentially been used by all circulating HIV-1 subtype C viruses for cell entry. Recently, we reported the highest proportion of CXCR4-utilizing primary isolates among a cohort of 20 South African AIDS patients. This study describes and compares the Env genotypic characteristics from these 20 HIV-1 subtype...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Michler K,Connell BJ,Venter WD,Stevens WS,Capovilla A,Papathanasopoulos MA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported a novel adhesion pathway in lymphocytes that is mediated by cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) 4 activity and mediates lymphocyte interactions with endothelial matrix. We now demonstrate that HIV-infected lymphocytes also use Cdk4 to mediate spontaneous adhesion to fibronectin and endothelial matrix. W...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Chow YH,Liu L,Schwartz B,Harlan JM,Schnapp LM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many aspects of HIV-1 pathogenesis are affected by Nef protein activity, and efforts have been made to study variation in the nef gene and how that variation relates to disease outcome. We studied the genetic diversity of the nef gene in distinct clones obtained from the same patient (intrahost) and in sequences obtai...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Cavalieri E,Florido C,Leal E,Machado DM,Camargo M,Diaz RS,Janini LM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the HIV-1 pol gene from patients in Cape Town to determine the genetic diversity of HIV-1 in the region and to assess the baseline HIV-1 resistance level of treatment-naive patients. Plasma was collected prior to the national antiretroviral therapy (ART) program. RNA was extracted, followed by RT-PCR and a...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Jacobs GB,Laten A,van Rensburg EJ,Bodem J,Weissbrich B,Rethwilm A,Preiser W,Engelbrecht S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women attending the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, between November 1989 and October 1993 were studied as part of a longitudinal cohort study of mother-to-infant HIV transmission. 694 HIV-seropositive and 687 HIV-seronegative women were enrolled at delivery. In the follow-up phase, women attende...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Miotti P,Canner J,Chiphangwi J,Liomba G,Saah A,Dallabetta G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study diverse areas of the autopsied brain of 12 HIV-infected patients with and without dementia were analyzed. All brain samples were obtained at autopsy through prior consent. Env C2-V5 region was PCR amplified and sequenced and compared between different brain regions within the same patient and also betwee...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Shah M,Smit TK,Morgello S,Tourtellotte W,Gelman B,Brew BJ,Saksena NK

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2) suppression with acyclovir or valacyclovir reduces HIV-1 viral RNA levels; one hypothesis is that HSV-2 suppression reduces immune activation. We measured T cell immune activation markers among women participating in a randomized placebo-controlled trial of valacyclovir to reduce HIV-1 R...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Roxby AC,Liu AY,Drake AL,Kiarie JN,Richardson B,Lohman-Payne BL,John-Stewart GC,Wald A,De Rosa S,Farquhar C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously used immunotoxins to select for HIV-1 variant cells that transcribe HIV at extremely low levels and fail to produce HIV proteins. Further observation of one of these variants (E9) demonstrated spontaneous in vitro activation of HIV production. The mechanism of activation is different from that of U1...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Fang H,Pincus S

更新日期：1999-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the immunological responses induced by DNA plasmids containing HIV regulatory genes administered in combination in HIV-1-infected patients with pretreatment with highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART). The study is a double-blind, randomized, and placebo-controlled study, ...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Hejdeman B,Boström AC,Matsuda R,Calarota S,Lenkei R,Fredriksson EL,Sandström E,Bratt G,Wahren B

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin (Hep) and sulfated polysaccharides (SPs) have been reported to inhibit HIV infection in vitro. In vivo, anticoagulant activity and reduced bioavailability were found to limit the antiviral effects of Hep. In this investigation, three nonanticoagulant N-acylated Hep conjugates [OI1:3Hep, Pal1:5Hep, and Pal1:5He...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Clayette P,Moczar E,Mabondzo A,Martin M,Toutain B,Marcé D,Dormont D

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the number of women infected with HIV in the United States continues to increase, the medical community is faced with the challenge of providing adequate and appropriate care to them. This paper reviews key questions concerning the state of knowledge on the epidemiology, biology, and clinical care of women living w...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Marlink R,Kao H,Hsieh E,\Giving Voice to a Silent Epidemic\ Working Group.

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 110 HIV-1-positive samples obtained in 1997 (n = 44) and 2000 (n = 66) were genetically characterized in the V3-V5 envelope region and the p24 gag region. The majority of the strains were CRF02-AG (54.3%) or CRF06-cpx (18.1%) in env and gag. More than 9% of the samples were recombinants between CRF02 and CR...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Mamadou S,Montavon C,Ben A,Djibo A,Rabiou S,Mboup S,Delaporte E,Peeters M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main goal of this work was to identify molecular signatures in envelope surface glycoprotein that may be correlated with coreceptor usage by different human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-2 strains. From inspection of aligned HIV-2 sequences, we verified that V1/V2 region showed the highest degree of amino acid sequ...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Cerejo P,Santos-Costa Q,Calado M,Espírito-Santo M,Parreira R,Azevedo-Pereira JM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information about the efficacy of antiretroviral drugs in HIV-1 group O strains as well on the virus evolution in terms of resistance development in vivo is very limited. We assessed the clinical, immunological, and virological response to antiretroviral therapy as well as the selection of drug resistance in six HIV-1...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Rodes B,de Mendoza C,Rodgers M,Newell A,Jimenez V,Lopez-Brugada RM,Soriano V

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human T-lymphotrophic virus type II (HTLV-II) has not yet been associated with any disease. Little is known about the proviral loads of HTLV-II in vivo and its relationship, if any, to lack of pathogenicity. We determined the HTLV-II proviral copy number in peripheral blood lymphocyte (PBL) samples from 49 HTLV-II-inf...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Woods TC,Graber JM,Hershow RC,Khabbaz RF,Kaplan JE,Heneine W

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations within the protease gene associated with reduced susceptibility to protease inhibitors have been well documented for HIV-1 group M subtype B strains. In contrast, limited genotypic and phenotypic information is available for the genetically diverse HIV-1 group O strains. Preexisting resistance-associated pol...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Luk KC,Kaptué L,Zekeng L,Soriano V,Gürtler L,Devare SG,Schochetman G,Hackett J Jr

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitory factors to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in saliva may be responsible for the infrequent isolation of virus from saliva and also may account for the marked infrequency of salivary and/or oral transmission of HIV-1. Incubation of HIV-1 with human saliva followed by addition of the mixture to su...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Archibald DW,Cole GA

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of ritonavir as a protease inhibitor boost is rare in sub-Saharan Africa because a heat-stable formula is not available. We report the results of an open-label pilot trial with unboosted atazanavir in combination with lamivudine and didanosine as first-line therapy conducted in Senegal. Treatment-naive HIV-1 i...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Landman R,Diallo MB,Gueye NF,Kane CT,Mboup S,Fall MB,Ndiaye B,Peytavin G,Bennai Y,Benalycherif A,Girard PM,Sow PS

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to determine the frequency and profile of HIV-1 BF recombinants in vitro and in vivo. Laboratory HIV-1 strains from subtypes B and F were cocultured and evaluated. Clinical samples from the city of Santos, Brazil, where the first HIV-1 B/F circulating recombinant forms (CRF) were described, were also assesse...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Teixeira D,Munerato P,Komninakis SC,Fusuma EE,Janini LM,Sucupira MC,Diaz RS

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of abacavir (ABC) may be associated with a hypersensitivity reaction (HSR) that requires discontinuation of the drug. The HLA-B*5701 allele has been linked to this HSR. Information on the strength of this association across distinct geographic regions and ethnicities is scarce. We tested HLA-B*5701 in 53 Spani...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Rodríguez-Nóvoa S,García-Gascó P,Blanco F,González-Pardo G,Castellares C,Moreno V,Jiménez-Nácher I,González-Lahoz J,Soriano V

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six morphine-dependent and two control macaques were infected in an SIV/SHIV nonhuman primate model of AIDS. Three animals in the morphine group rapidly developed clinical disease and died within the timeframe of this study. The sequence evolution of nef in plasma virus was assessed at 4, 12, and 20 weeks postinfectio...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Noel RJ,Toro-Bahamonde A,Marrero-Otero Z,Orsini S,Verma AS,Kumar R,Kumar A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To help in the vaccine development, WHO-UNAIDS launched a program for the isolation and characterization of subtype C viruses, the most prevalent HIV-1 subtype in the world. Isolates were obtained from Brazil, China, India, Israel, and South Africa, countries in which these strains are circulating. In this study we ge...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Sánchez-Merino V,Herrero CC,Amorin-Nink A,von Briesen H,López-Galíndez C,World Health Organization-UNAIDS Network for Isolation and Characterization.

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used a panel of anti-gp160 MAbs to construct anti-HIV immunotoxins by coupling antibodies to ricin A chain (RAC). The ability of the immunotoxins to kill HIV-1-infected cells and halt the spread of infection was tested in tissue culture on persistently and acutely infected cell lines and primary lymphocyte cul...

journal_title：AIDS research and human retroviruses

authors： Pincus SH,Wehrly K,Cole R,Fang H,Lewis GK,McClure J,Conley AJ,Wahren B,Posner MR,Notkins AL,Tilley SA,Pinter A,Eiden L,Teintze M,Dorward D,Tolstikov VV

更新日期：1996-07-20 00:00:00