Abstract
After interruption of highly active antiretroviral therapy, 15 out of 53 patients with the X4 HIV strain had a significantly larger decrease in CD4 + T cell count (P = 0.001) and shorter length of treatment interruption (P = 0.02) than patients with the R5 strain. At treatment resumption, HIV inferred tropism switched from the X4 strain to the R5 variant in 9 patients (60%). These patients had a prolonged length of treatment interruption compared to that of those who still carried the X4 strain.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2586-2588 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology (medical)
- Medicine(all)