| Literature DB >> 22422851 |
Shirley V Komninakis1, Domingos E M Santos, Carlos Santos, Márcia P R Oliveros, Sabri Sanabani, Ricardo S Diaz.
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The impact of Structured Treatment Interruption (STI) in peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) proviral reservoirs in 41 highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)-treated viremic individuals at baseline and 12 weeks after STI was determined using quantitative PCR (qPCR). Viral load increased 0.7 log(10) and CD4 decreased 97.5 cells/mm(3) after 12 weeks. A total of 28 of the 41 individuals showed an increased proviral load, 19 with a statistically significant increase above 10%. An increase in active viral replication is an important factor in the replenishment of the proviral reservoir even for short time periods.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22422851 PMCID: PMC3372152 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00393-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948