Efficient neutralization of primary isolates by the plasma from HIV-1 infected Indian children

Viral Immunol. 2011 Oct;24(5):409-13. doi: 10.1089/vim.2011.0028.

Abstract

We tested the plasma of 51 HIV-1-infected children (23 naïve and 28 ART treated) for neutralization against five primary isolates (PIs) generated from adult Indian HIV-1-infected patients. The plasma exhibited neutralization potential with significantly higher neutralizing antibody titers in ART-treated children than naïve children against three out of five PIs (p<0.0001). Further, in treated children, neutralizing antibody titers were higher in those children with suppressed viremia (<1000 RNA copies/mL) than non-suppressors against two of the three PIs. We report here for the first time the neutralization potential of the plasma of HIV-1-infected Indian children.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Anti-HIV Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Neutralizing / immunology*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • HIV Antibodies / blood
  • HIV Antibodies / immunology*
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • HIV Infections / immunology*
  • HIV Infections / virology
  • HIV-1 / immunology*
  • HIV-1 / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neutralization Tests
  • Plasma / immunology*

Substances

  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • Antibodies, Neutralizing
  • HIV Antibodies