Open AccessAbsence of reproducibly detectable low-level HIV viremia in highly exposed seronegative men and women
Author(s) -
Eric Delwart,
Flavien Bernardin,
Tzong Hae Lee,
Valerie Winkelman,
Chenglong Liu,
Haynes W. Sheppard,
Albert Liu,
Ruth M. Greenblatt,
Kathy Anastos,
Jack DeHovitz,
Marek Nowicki,
Mardge H. Cohen,
Elizabeth T. Golub,
Jason D. Barbour,
Susan Buchbinder,
Michael P. Busch
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0b013e3283440269
Subject(s) - viremia , peripheral blood mononuclear cell , rna , virology , biology , immunology , immune system , lentivirus , viral load , virus , viral disease , in vitro , gene , genetics
Transient HIV infections have been invoked to account for the cellular immune responses detected in highly virus-exposed individuals who have remained HIV-seronegative. We tested for very low levels of HIV RNA in 524 seronegative plasma samples from 311 highly exposed women and men from three longitudinal HIV cohorts.