Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 in seronegative infants born to HIV-1-infected mothers

Table 1 Detection of HIV-1 LTR and GAG fragments in PBMC from seronegative infants born to HIV-1 infected mothers and controls.

Subject	No. Sample	Age (Months)	HIV antibodies	PCR		Integrated DNA
				LTR	GAG	Alu-LTR
P1	a	14	Negative	+	+	+
	b	15	Negative	+	+	+
	c	22	Negative	+	+	+
P2	a	3	Negative	+	+	+
	b	6	Negative	+	+	+
	c	11	Negative	-	-	-
	d	22	Negative	-	-	-
P3	a	18	Negative	+	+	+
	b	21	Negative	+	+	+
	c	29	Negative	-	-	-
P4	a	15	Negative	+	+	+
P5	a	16	Negative	+	+	+
	b	24	Negative	+	+	+
P6	a	24	Negative	+	+	+
	b	55	Negative	-	-	-
P7	a	20	Negative	+	+	+
	b	24	Negative	-	-	-
	c	29	Negative	-	-	-
P8	a	11	Negative	+	+	+
	b	14	Negative	-	-	-
NI*	NA	NA	Negative	-	-	-
IIIB°	NA	NA	NA	+	+	+
PINF°	NA	NA	Positive	+	+	+

*PBMC of noninfected children (NI) were used as a negative control.
°IIIBMolt cells and PBMC of HIV infected children (PINF) were used as a positive control in each experiment.

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