Compartmentalized Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Originates from Long-Lived Cells in Some Subjects with HIV-1–Associated Dementia
Schnell G, Spudich S, Harrington P, Price RW, Swanstrom R. Compartmentalized Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Originates from Long-Lived Cells in Some Subjects with HIV-1–Associated Dementia. PLOS Pathogens 2009, 5: e1000395. PMID: 19390619, PMCID: PMC2668697, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000395.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-1-associated dementiaCentral nervous systemAntiretroviral therapyCerebrospinal fluidNeurological diseasesAsymptomatic subjectsHIV-1-associated neurological diseasePeripheral CD4 cell countViral replicationHuman immunodeficiency virus type 1HIV-1 associated dementiaViral decayImmunodeficiency virus type 1HIV-1 genetic variantsCNS drug penetrationRapid viral decayViral decay kineticsCD4 cell countDrug-resistant virusesHigh viral loadHIV-1 variantsVirus type 1Productive viral replicationHAD subjectsCSF pleocytosis