OP6-3 Systematic analysis of entire human tonsils for the presence of Epstein-Barr virus: evidence of infection of epithelial cells and the implications on the mechanism of viral persistence

Infection of Epstein-Barr virus-transfor

Infection of Epstein-Barr virus-transformed lymphoblastoid B cells by the human immunodeficiency virus: evidence for a persistent and productive infection leading to B cell phenotypic changes

✍ Anita De Rossi; Silvio Roncella; Maria Luisa Calabro; Emma D'Andrea; Marcella Pa 📂 Article 📅 1990 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 993 KB

## Abstract Four Epstein‐Barr virus‐positive lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCL) were successfully infected __in vitro__ with immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1) as demonstrated by reverse transcriptase activity and p24 HIV antigen in culture supernatants, positive cell staining for gag‐encoded HIV p