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Persistence of HIV-1 transcription in peripheral-blood mononuclear cells in patients receiving potent antiretroviral therapy.
The New England journal of medicine - 27 May 1999
Furtado M R, Callaway D S, Phair J P, Kunstman K J, Stanton J L, Macken C A, Perelson A S, Wolinsky S M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND METHODS: Although potent antiretroviral therapy can control infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), a long-lived reservoir of infectious virus persists in CD4+ T cells. We investigated this viral reservoir by measuring the levels of cell-associated viral DNA and messenger RNA (mRNA) that are essential for HIV-1 replication. Approximately every 6 months, we obtained samples of...
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