| 摘要 |
A novel method for the diagnosis of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (A.I.D.S.) is disclosed, involving the use of immunocytoadherence (rosette inhibition) techniques. The method is based on the discovery that the lymphocytes of A.I.D.S. patients are unusually resistant to antithymocyte serum, and that the plasma of A.I.D.S. patients is capable of conferring this resistance to normal lymphocytes. Accordingly, the diagnostic method involves performing rosette inhibition tests on the patient's lymphocytes or on lymphocytes from a healthy donor after treatment with the patient's plasma. Any observable lessening of inhibition in comparison with a control is related to the presence of A.I.D.S. |
