Dynamics of viral load in plasma and HIV DNA in lymphocytes during highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART): High viral burden in macrophages after 1 year of treatment
Dynamics of viral load in plasma and HIV DNA in lymphocytes during highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART): High viral burden in macrophages after 1 year of treatment
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DOI:
10.1179/joc.2001.13.2.188
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发表时间:
2001-04-01
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
Benedetto, A
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作者:
Garbuglia, AR;Zaccarelli, M;Benedetto, A
In this study we evaluated the level of HIV RNA in plasma and HIV DNA in peripheral blood cells. Sixteen antiretroviral-experienced HIV patients with severe immune suppression were included in the study. After the first month, 56.2% of the patients showed undetectable levels of HIV RNA, this percentage remaining stable after 1 year (53.3%). At enrollment, 7 patients (43.7%) with a low CD4+T cell count (mean 22 per mm(3) versus 73) showed HIV DNA levels below the limit of detection (5 copies/10(5)) in lymphocytes. They all subsequently had increased HIV DNA that became detectable between the first and the third month of therapy, associated with an increase of the CD4+T cell count (mean 22 to 95 / mm(3)); in 4 of these patients this increase was transitory, becoming undetectable again after one year. In 7 out of the 8 patients with detectable HIV DNA at enrollment, the HIV DNA level decreased over time, Seven out of 15 patients at 1 year (46.7%) showed both undetectable levels of HIV RNA in plasma and HIV DNA in lymphocytes (p