Constant mean viral copy number per infected cell in tissues regardless of high, low, or undetectable plasma HIV RNA

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1545-1554

  Hockett, Richard D ^a   Kilby, J Michael ^b   Derdeyn, Cynthia A ^a   Saag, Michael S ^b   Sillers, Michael ^c   Squires, Kathleen ^b   Chiz, Scott ^a   Nowak, Martin A ^d   Shaw, George M ^a,b   Bucy, R Pat ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Center for Palliative Care   (United States)

^c UAB Department of Surgery   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV pathogenesis; HIV 1 infection; In situ hybridization; Lymph node biopsy; Quantitative RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DIDANOSINE; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; NELFINAVIR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; STAVUDINE; VIRUS RNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CELL COUNT; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MONOCYTES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0033577801     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.189.10.1545     Document Type: Article

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