DETECTION OF HIV-INFECTED CELL SUBSETS

摘要

The present invention provides methods of detecting HIV-infected cells of a specific cell subset. The methods of detecting HIV in a specific cell subset are carried out using one or more cell subset-defining antibody to identify cells of the desired subset and one or more HIV detection reagents consisting of HIV-specific antibodies or CD4-based HIV gpl20 detection probes to detect intracellular HIV proteins within cells of the desired subset.