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- Title
Recovery of replication-competent HIV despite prolonged suppression of plasma viremia.
- Authors
Wong, J K; Hezareh, M; Günthard, H F; Havlir, D V; Ignacio, C C; Spina, C A; Richman, D D
- Abstract
In evaluating current combination drug regimens for treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease, it is important to determine the existence of viral reservoirs. After depletion of CD8 cells from the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of both patients and normal donors, activation of patient CD4 lymphocytes with immobilized antibodies to CD3 and CD28 enabled the isolation of virus from PBMCs of six patients despite the suppression of their plasma HIV RNA to fewer than 50 copies per milliliter for up to 2 years. Partial sequencing of HIV pol revealed no new drug resistance mutations or discernible evolution, providing evidence for viral latency rather than drug failure.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 1997, Vol 278, Issue 5341, p1291
- ISSN
0036-8075
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.278.5341.1291