ISOLATION OF HTLV-III/LAV FROM CERVICAL SECRETIONS OF WOMEN AT RISK FOR AIDS

作者：M Vogt, D E Craven, DavidF. Crawford, DavidJ. Witt, Roy E. Byington, Robert T. Schooley, M. S. Hirsch · 发表于：The Lancet · 年份：1986 · DOI：10.1016/s0140-6736(86)90884-6 · 被引用次数：240 · 研究领域：T-cell and Retrovirus Studies、Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology、Vector-Borne Animal Diseases

Cervical secretions from 14 women seropositive for HTLV-III/LAV were obtained between days 7 and 21 of the menstrual cycle and cultured for virus. HTLV-III/LAV was isolated from cervical secretions in 4 of 14 women, as well as from blood of 7 of 13 women tested. Female genital secretions may therefore be a source for sexual transmission of the virus to men.