High prevalence of serum antibodies to reverse transcriptase in HIV-1-infected individuals

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 1988 Feb;4(1):17-22. doi: 10.1089/aid.1988.4.17.

Abstract

The HIV immunoblot profiles of 700 HIV-antibody-positive sera were examined to determine the frequency of antibody reactivity with p66/p51, the reverse transcriptase of HIV. We report a remarkably high seroprevalence of antibodies to p66/p51, detected in 79% of the sera. Only gp41 is recognized more frequently in these assays. The level of anti-p66/p51 seroreactivity varies only slightly among the clinical stages of HIV infection.

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Complex / immunology
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / immunology*
  • Antibodies, Viral / immunology*
  • Antigens, Viral / immunology
  • HIV / enzymology
  • HIV / immunology*
  • HIV Antibodies
  • HIV Antigens
  • Humans
  • RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / immunology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Antigens, Viral
  • HIV Antibodies
  • HIV Antigens
  • RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase