The Vif (viral infectivity factor) protein of human immunodeficiency virus–1 (HIV-1) is essential
for the production of infectious virus by T lymphocytes and macrophages, the natural …

A method based on DNA amplification and hybridisation for the rapid detection of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis was used to test 35 clinical specimens (sputum, gastric aspirate, abscess …

Cytokines play an important role in granuloma formation, but the extent that cytokine profiles
are similar in different granulomatous diseases and whether differences in the …

Salvage therapy with efavirenz is often ineffective in patients having failed nevirapine treatment,
even when mutations associated with efavirenz resistance are not detected by standard …

Wehave used the polymerase chain reaction as a tool to detect the presence of myc0bacterial
DNAfrom organisms of the Mycobacterium tuberculosIs complex and other species of …

Some patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who are experiencing
antiretroviral treatment failure have persistent improvement in CD4 + T cell counts despite high …

The diversity of human peripheral blood γ/δ T cells is known to be limited by the preferential
use of V genes coding for V γ 9 (usually linked to JP) and V δ 2. We show that the diversity of …

The rapid identification of mycobacterial DNA in clinical samples by PCR can be useful in the
diagnosis of tuberculous infections, but several large studies have found that the sensitivity …

BACKGROUND: The detection of mycobacterial DNA in clinical samples on the basis of the
polymerase chain reaction is a promising approach for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculous …

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) drug resistance results from the accumulation
of mutations in the viral genes targeted by the drugs. These genetic changes, however, are …