Primary serological screening of the infection caused by the LAV/HTLV-III/HIV virus in Moscow

Pokrovskiĭ, V.V.; Iankina, Z.K.; Toporovskiĭ, L.M.; Ryvkina, V.G.; Pokrovskiĭ, V.I.

Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 7: 21-23

1987


ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311
PMID: 2445129
Document Number: 356995
The screening covering 5,155 residents of Moscow and 6,412 foreign students revealed the presence of antibodies to the virus, causing immunodeficiency in man, in 20 students from African countries. The antibodies were detected by means of the immune blotting assay. The problem of the possibility of the heterosexual transfer of the virus is discussed.

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