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Recovery of replication-competent HIV despite prolonged suppression of plasma viremia.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 14 Nov 1997
Wong J K, Hezareh M, Günthard H F, Havlir D V, Ignacio C C, Spina C A, Richman D D
Abstract excerpt
In evaluating current combination drug regimens for treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease, it is important to determine the existence of viral reservoirs. After depletion of CD8 cells from the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of both patients and normal donors, activation of patient CD4 lymphocytes with immobilized antibodies to CD3 and CD28 enabled the isolation of virus from PBMCs of...
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