Treatment-mediated alterations in HIV fitness preserve CD4+ T cell counts but have minimal effects on viral load.
For most HIV-infected patients, antiretroviral therapy controls viral replication. However, in some patients drug resistance can cause therapy to fail. Nonetheless, continued therapy with a failing regimen can preserve or even lead to increases in CD4+ T cell counts. To understand the biological bas...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-11-01
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| Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2991251?pdf=render |