Volume 2, Number 3—July 1996
Dispatch
HIV-1 Group O Virus Identified for the First Time in the United States
Table 1
Sample Date | Genetic Systems HIV-1 EIAa | Genetic Systems HIV-1/2 EIAa | OTC HIV-1 EIAa | Abbott HIV-1 EIAa | Abbott HIV-1/2 EIAa |
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February 1995 | ND | ND | ND | ND | 0.70 |
October 1995 a | 0.51 | 1.35 | 1.60 | ND | ND |
November 1995 b | 0.41 | 0.89 | 2.10 | ND | ND |
April 1996 c | 4.20 | 3.40 | 0.68 | 3.10 | 1.15 |
a HIV-1 WB = indeterminate; detected p17, p24, p31, p50, p66, and equivocal gp41; HIV-1
antigen = negative (0.40).
b HIV-1 WB = same as above; HIV-1 antigen = negative (0.34).
c HIV-1 WB = same as above; HIV-1 IFA = positive (2.5+).
ND= not done.
1Primers: gag/outer/forward - AGTACATGTTAAAACATGTAGTATGGGC; gag/outer/ reversed - CCTACTCCCTGACAGGCCGT CAGCATTTCTTC; gag/inner/forward - AGTACATGTTAAAACATGTAGTATGGGC; gag/inner/reverse - CCTTAAGCTTTTGT AGAATCTATCTACATA; protease/outer/forward - TTTGCCTCCCTCAAATC; protease/outer/reverse - TTACTGGCACTG GGGCTATGG; protease/inner/ forward - CCTCAAATCCCTCTTTG; protease/inner/reverse - TATAGGGAAGTTTAGTGTACA; env/outer/forward - CACAGAATTTAATGGAACAGGC; env/outer/reverse - TGTGTT ACAATAAAAGAATTCTCC; env/inner/forward - GTTACTTGTACACATGGCAT; and env/inner/reverse - AGAATTCTCCATGACAGTTAAA.