[Comparison of virus isolation and antigen enzyme immunoassay in the detection of HIV].
Virus isolation from peripheral blood lymphocytes and antigen detection in serum by ELISA were compared in 75 patients with a serologically confirmed HIV infection. 25 per cent of the lymphocyte cultures were HIV positive, but only 2 of the 14 patients were also antigen positive. In addition, infectious virus was not detected in 15 antigen positive patients, thus revealing only a low degree of correlation between the two assay systems.
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