Table 2. Transmission of EIAV and HIV across cervical mucosa in an organ culture.
Vial Inoculum | Transmission efficiency(%)* |
HIV BAL | 0.32 |
EIAV | <0.0001 |
Agarose control for HIV | <0.0001 |
Agarose control for EIAV | <0.0001 |
HIV+EIAV (1∶1) | |
HIV | 0.25 |
EIAV | <0.0002 |
*Denotes transmission efficiency of HIV or EIAV RNA from a mixture of EIAV and HIV(1∶1) inoculum. Transmission efficiency was calculated as described in the materials and methods section.