Abstract
Peripheral blood mononuclear cell samples from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody-positive subjects were inoculated into cell cultures used for routine viral isolation to determine if HIV could survive in them. HIV was recovered from 5 (19%) of 26 day 1 supernatants and from four of the five samples in all three types of cell cultures. We conclude that HIV may survive for at least 24 h in standard virology cell culture systems and therefore is a potential risk for laboratory personnel.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1664-1666 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of clinical microbiology |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 7 |
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| State | Published - 1989 |
