Levels of human immunodeficiency virus type 1-specific cytotoxic T- lymphocyte effector and memory responses decline after suppression of viremia with highly active antiretroviral therapy

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 6721-6728

  Kalams, Spyros A ^a,c   Goulder, Philip J ^a   Shea, Amy K ^a   Jones, Norman G ^a   Trocha, Alicja K ^a   Ogg, Graham S ^b   Walker, Bruce D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; STAVUDINE;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0032789091     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.8.6721-6728.1999     Document Type: Article

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