Open AccessTotal HIV-1 DNA Dynamics and Influencing Factors in Long-Term ART-Treated Japanese Adults: A Retrospective Longitudinal Analysis
Author(s) -
Kamelia R. Stanoeva,
André König,
Asami Fukuda,
Yoko Kawanami,
Takeo Kuwata,
Yorifumi Satou,
Shuzo Matsushita
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000001662
Subject(s) - coinfection , retrospective cohort study , medicine , comorbidity , immunology , peripheral blood mononuclear cell , viral load , hepatitis c virus , real time polymerase chain reaction , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , virus , biology , genetics , gene , in vitro
Understanding HIV persistence in treated patients is an important milestone toward drug-free control. We aimed at analyzing total HIV DNA dynamics and influencing factors in Japanese patients who received more than a decade of suppressive antiretroviral treatment (ART).