TY - JOUR
T1 - Divergent HIV and simian immunodeficiency virus surveillance, Zaire
AU - Schaefer, Amanda
AU - Robbins, Kenneth E.
AU - Nzilambi, Eugene Nzila
AU - St Louis, Michael E.
AU - Quinn, Thomas C.
AU - Folks, Thomas M.
AU - Kalish, Marcia L.
AU - Pieniazek, Danuta
PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - Recent HIV infection or divergent HIV or simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) strains may be responsible for Western blot-indeterminate results on 70 serum samples from Zairian hospital employees that were reactive in an enzyme immunoassay. Using universal polymerase chain reaction HIV-1, HIV-2, and SIV primers, we detected 1 (1.4%) HIV-1 sequence. Except for 1 sample, no molecular evidence for unusual HIV- or SIV-like strains in this sampling was found.
AB - Recent HIV infection or divergent HIV or simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) strains may be responsible for Western blot-indeterminate results on 70 serum samples from Zairian hospital employees that were reactive in an enzyme immunoassay. Using universal polymerase chain reaction HIV-1, HIV-2, and SIV primers, we detected 1 (1.4%) HIV-1 sequence. Except for 1 sample, no molecular evidence for unusual HIV- or SIV-like strains in this sampling was found.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid1109.050179
DO - 10.3201/eid1109.050179
M3 - Article
C2 - 16229778
AN - SCOPUS:23944522758
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 11
SP - 1446
EP - 1448
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 9
ER -