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Pairwise Growth Competition Assay for Determining the Replication Fitness of Human Immunodeficiency Viruses
Published on: May 4, 2015
Postmortem viability of the human immunodeficiency virus
K Püschel1, F Mohsenian, R Laufs
1Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
Abstract:
In 1989 blood samples from 2581 fatalities investigated at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Hamburg were screened for HIV-1-antibodies. Sera from 13 corpses were confirmed positive for HIV-1 (prevalence rate approx 0.5%).-Viable HIV was found in blood cultures of 4 cadavers stored under non-refrigerated conditions up to 36 hours after death.
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