Table 1.
Infant saliva specimen collection and proportion positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) gp160-specific immunoglobulin A (IgA) and IgG.
| HIV-1-exposed uninfected infants (n = 115) | HIV-1-infected infants (n = 30) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infant age at saliva collection | Number of specimens collected | HIV-1-specific IgA positive (%) | HIV-1-specific IgG positive (%) | Number of specimens collected | HIV-1-specific IgA positive (%) | HIV-1-specific IgG positive (%) |
| Birth | 102 | 1 (1%) | 89 (87%) | 28 | 1 (4%) | 20 (71%) |
| 1 month | 97 | 6 (6%) | 80 (82%) | 26 | 1 (4%) | 22 (85%) |
| 3 months | 65 | 0 | 17 (26%) | 14 | 2 (14%) | 8 (57%) |
| 6 months | 22 | 3 (13·5%) | 2 (9%) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 286 | 10 (4%) | 189 (66%) | 70 | 4 (6%) | 50 (71%) |