Conway B, Baskar P, Bechtel L J, Kaplan J C, Hirsch M S, Schooley R T, Pincus S H
Infectious Diseases Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
Arch Virol. 1992;127(1-4):373-7. doi: 10.1007/BF01309600.
Transient expression of HIV-1 p24 antigen was observed in eosinophils acutely infected with the HTLV-IIIB strain of HIV-1. PCR analysis of eosinophils isolated from 18 seropositive individuals showed HIV-1 sequences to be present in 2 subjects. These data suggest that eosinophils may act as host cells for HIV-1.