Decay of HIV DNA in the Reservoir and the Impact of Short Treatment Interruption in Kenyan Infants
Author(s) -
Mark D Pankau,
Dalton Wamalwa,
Sarah BenkiNugent,
Kenneth Tapia,
Evelyn Ngugi,
Agnes Langat,
Vincent Otieno,
Helen Moraa,
Elizabeth MalecheObimbo,
Julie Overbaugh,
Grace JohnStewart,
Dara A. Lehman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofx268
Subject(s) - medicine , kenya , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , pediatrics , biology , ecology
We compared change in HIV reservoir DNA following continued antiretroviral therapy (ART) vs short treatment interruption (TI) in early ART-treated Kenyan infants. While HIV DNA in the reservoir decayed with continued ART, HIV DNA levels were similar to pre-TI HIV DNA reservoir levels in most children after short TI.
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