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Acute HTLV‐III infection: A case followed from onset to seroconversion
Author(s) -
Biggs Beverley,
NewtonJohn Hugh F.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1986.tb112285.x
Subject(s) - seroconversion , medicine , rash , immunology , human t lymphotropic virus , virology , virus , myelopathy , psychiatry , spinal cord
An acute febrile illness with mouth ulcers and a skin rash was observed in a 37‐year‐old homosexual man. Acute human T‐lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV‐III) infection was suspected. The clinical features were documented prospectively, and striking changes in circulating T lymphocytes were demonstrated shortly after the onset of the illness. Seroconversion for HTLV‐III antibody occurred between 46 and 78 days after the onset of the illness.