Dynamics of viral load rebound in plasma and semen after stopping effective antiretroviral therapy

AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1089-1092

  Liuzzi, Giuseppina ^a   D'Offizi, Gianpiero ^a   Topino, Simone ^a   Zaccarelli, Mauro ^a   Amendola, Alessandra ^a   Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria ^a   Perno, Carlo Federico ^a   Narciso, Pasquale ^a   Antinori, Andrea ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DIDANOSINE; EFAVIRENZ; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; NELFINAVIR; NEVIRAPINE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RITONAVIR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; STAVUDINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VIRUS RNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIPODYSTROPHY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REBOUND; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPERM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SEMEN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA;

EID: 0038216720     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200305020-00022     Document Type: Article

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