PCR detection of HTLV-1 proviral sequences in inoculated rabbit PBMCs
Inoculum and rabbits . | Weeks after inoculation* . | . | . | . | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | 2 . | 4 . | 6 . | 8 . | |||
| HTLV-1 | |||||||
| R1 | + | + | + | + | |||
| R2 | + | + | + | + | |||
| R3 | + | + | + | + | |||
| R4 | + | + | + | + | |||
| R5 | + | + | + | + | |||
| HTLV-IΔPBM | |||||||
| R39 | – | – | – | – | |||
| R40 | – | + | – | – | |||
| R41 | – | + | + | – | |||
| R42 | – | – | – | – | |||
| R43 | – | – | – | – | |||
| 729 control | |||||||
| R18 | – | – | – | – | |||
Inoculum and rabbits . | Weeks after inoculation* . | . | . | . | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | 2 . | 4 . | 6 . | 8 . | |||
| HTLV-1 | |||||||
| R1 | + | + | + | + | |||
| R2 | + | + | + | + | |||
| R3 | + | + | + | + | |||
| R4 | + | + | + | + | |||
| R5 | + | + | + | + | |||
| HTLV-IΔPBM | |||||||
| R39 | – | – | – | – | |||
| R40 | – | + | – | – | |||
| R41 | – | + | + | – | |||
| R42 | – | – | – | – | |||
| R43 | – | – | – | – | |||
| 729 control | |||||||
| R18 | – | – | – | – | |||
Genomic DNA was isolated from rabbit PBMCs and subjected to PCR using HTLV-1–specific primers (670-671).
+ indicates that HTLV-1 proviral sequences were detected by PCR in inoculated rabbit PBMCs; –, that HTLV-1 proviral sequences were not detected.
All rabbits were negative at week 0