Joan Dragavon
dragavon@uw.edu
206-897-5243
A wide variety of virological markers for HIV disease and progression are available through this Core.
◦HIV-1/2 serological diagnosis (including de-tuned HIV-1 EIA)
◦HIV-1 quantitative and qualitative microculture
◦HIV-1 RNA quantification (RT-PCR and real-time PCR)
◦HIV-1 p24 antigen quantification
◦HIV-1 total viral DNA and unintegrated 2-LTR episomal DNA quantification by real-time PCR
◦HIV-1 phenotyping (MT-2 and drug susceptibility)
◦Access to HIV-1 sequencing
◦Access to other routine clinical virological assays
◦Oral tissue model for evaluating microbicides
