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Characterization of peripheral blood human immunodeficiency virus isolates from Hispanic women with cognitive impairment.
Journal of neurovirology - 1 Aug 2007
Nieves Dianedis M Toro, Plaud Marinés, Wojna Valerie, Skolasky Richard, Meléndez Loyda M
Abstract excerpt
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) tropism plays an important role in HIV-associated dementia. In this study, aimed at determining if the tropism and coreceptor usage of circulating viruses correlates with cognitive function, the authors isolated and characterized HIV from the peripheral blood of 21 Hispanic women using antiretroviral therapy. Macrophage tropism was determined by inoculation of HIV...
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