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Increased HIV-DNA load in CCR5-negative lymphocytes without viral phenotypic change.
Virology - 10 Apr 2006
Pakarasang Maitree, Wasi Chantapong, Suwanagool Surapol, Chalermchockcharoenkit Amphan, Auewarakul Prasert
Abstract excerpt
We have previously described a selective increase in HIV-DNA content in CCR5-negative lymphocytes from late stage HIV-infected patients. Here, we show that this increase occurred even in the absence of viral phenotypic switching from CCR5- to CXCR4-tropic. This leads us to hypothesize that early and late CCR5-tropic viruses might be different in the ability to infect CCR5-low or -negative cells. We compared a set...
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