Evidence that HIV-1 CRF01_AE is associated with low CD4+T cell count and CXCR4 co-receptor usage in recently infected young men who have sex with men (MSM) in Shanghai, China.

Men who have sex with men (MSM) have recently accounted for an alarmingly increasing proportion of HIV-1 transmission in China. In order to investigate the immune status as a result of CRF01_AE infection and CXCR4 co-receptor usage in a young Shanghai-based HIV-1-infected MSM population in Shanghai,...

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Main Authors: Xiaoshan Li, Yile Xue, Leiming Zhou, Yi Lin, Xiaolei Yu, Xuqin Wang, Xiaohong Zhen, Wei Zhang, Zhen Ning, Qing Yue, Jie Fu, Fangwei Shen, Jing Gai, Yuqing Xu, Jiawen Mao, Xianming Gao, Xiaopei Shen, Laiyi Kang, Guido Vanham, Hua Cheng, Ying Wang, Minghua Zhuang, Xun Zhuang, Qichao Pan, Ping Zhong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3931781?pdf=render