Slower Progression of HIV-1 Infection in Persons with GB Virus C Co-Infection Correlates with an Intact T-Helper 1 Cytokine Profile

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Nunnari, Giuseppe ^a   Nigro, Luciano ^b   Palermo, Filippo ^b   Attanasio, Massimo ^b   Berger, Annemarie ^b   Doerr, Hans W ^b   Pomerantz, Roger J ^b   Cacopardo, Bruno ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; VIRUS LOAD; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FOLLOW UP; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; IMMUNOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CYTOKINES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GB VIRUS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; TH1 CELLS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0038819952     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-139-1-200307010-00009     Document Type: Article

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