TY - JOUR
T1 - Unexpected dramatic increase in CD4+ cell count in a patient with AIDS after enfuvirtide treatment despite persistent viremia and resistance mutations
AU - Soria, Alessandro
AU - Cavarelli, Mariangela
AU - Sala, Stefania
AU - Alessandrini, Anna Ida
AU - Scarlatti, Gabriella
AU - Lazzarin, Adriano
AU - Castagna, Antonella
PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - An unexpected dramatic immune recovery was observed in a patient with full-blown AIDS receiving enfuvirtide-based antiretroviral therapy after multiple treatment failures. A complex interplay of viral and host factors, including the control of X4 viruses and proviral burden, may favor immune restoration with HIV neutralizing activity, despite persistent viremia.
AB - An unexpected dramatic immune recovery was observed in a patient with full-blown AIDS receiving enfuvirtide-based antiretroviral therapy after multiple treatment failures. A complex interplay of viral and host factors, including the control of X4 viruses and proviral burden, may favor immune restoration with HIV neutralizing activity, despite persistent viremia.
KW - AIDS
KW - Enfuvirtide
KW - Immune recovery
KW - Multi-drug resistance
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U2 - 10.1002/jmv.21138
DO - 10.1002/jmv.21138
M3 - Article
C2 - 18428138
AN - SCOPUS:43249123806
VL - 80
SP - 937
EP - 941
JO - Journal of Medical Virology
JF - Journal of Medical Virology
SN - 0146-6615
IS - 6
ER -