Correlation of immune activation with HIV-1 RNA levels assayed by real-time RT-PCR in HIV-1 subtype C infected patients in Northern India

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 301-306

  Agarwal, Atima ^a   Sankaran, Sumathi ^b   Vajpayee, Madhu ^a   Sreenivas, V ^a   Seth, Pradeep ^a   Dandekar, Satya ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV 1 subtype C; HIV 1 viral load; Real time RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VIRUS LOAD;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INDIA; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 36349029109     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.08.020     Document Type: Article

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