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. 1986 Nov;24(5):873-5.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.24.5.873-875.1986.

Salivary antibodies as a means of detecting human T cell lymphotropic virus type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus infection

D W Archibald, L I Zon, J E Groopman, J S Allan, M F McLane, M E Essex

Salivary antibodies as a means of detecting human T cell lymphotropic virus type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus infection

D W Archibald et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1986 Nov.

Abstract

Of 45 individuals seropositive for human T cell lymphotropic virus type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus, 45 were found to have detectable salivary antibodies to viral antigens by a radioimmunoprecipitation assay. The results also showed that a Western blot assay for salivary antibodies may be possible. The feasibility of a diagnostic test for human T cell lymphotropic virus type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus not requiring venipuncture is discussed.

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