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Pleocytosis is associated with disruption of HIV compartmentalization between blood and cerebral spinal fluid viral populations.
Virology - 1 Mar 2009
Smith Davey M, Zárate Selene, Shao Hai, Pillai Satish K, Letendre Scott L, Wong Joseph K, Richman Douglas D, Frost Simon D W, Ellis Ronald J
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INTRODUCTION: We hypothesized that pleocytosis, which is a marker of central nervous system (CNS) inflammation, would result in viral genetic equilibration or de-compartmentalization between HIV populations in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), suggesting viral trafficking. METHODS: Study subjects, who started or interrupted their antiretroviral treatment, had viral loads measured and clonal viral env...
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