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Table 2 Reactivity of different env, pol and gag proteins of mothers with chronic HIV-1 infection and sero-converters

From: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) types Western blot (WB) band profiles as potential surrogate markers of HIV disease progression and predictors of vertical transmission in a cohort of infected but antiretroviral therapy naïve pregnant women in Harare, Zimbabwe

Positive HIV-1 antigen Band

Chronic infections

Sero-converters

p-value

 

N = 58 (%)

N = 6 (%)

 

gag

   

   p17

57 (98)

3 (50)

0.002

   p24

57 (98)

5 (83)

0.183

   p39

35 (60)

2 (33)

0.186

   p55

41 (71)

2 (33)

0.251

pol

   

   p31

58 (100)

3 (50)

0.001

   p51

58 (100)

4 (67)

0.002

   p66

58 (100)

4 (67)

0.002

Env

   

   Gp41

58 (100)

6(100)

-

   Gp120

58(100)

6(100)

-

   Gp160

58(100)

6(100)

-

  1. Key: P: protein, gp: glycoprotein