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Establishment and stability of the latent HIV-1 DNA reservoir.
eLife - 15 Nov 2016
Brodin Johanna, Zanini Fabio, Thebo Lina, Lanz Christa, Bratt Göran, Neher Richard A, Albert Jan
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 infection cannot be cured because the virus persists as integrated proviral DNA in long-lived cells despite years of suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART). In a previous paper (Zanini et al, 2015) we documented HIV-1 evolution in 10 untreated patients. Here we characterize establishment, turnover, and evolution of viral DNA reservoirs in the same patients after 3-18 years of suppressive ART. A median of...
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