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HIV DNA in circulating monocytes as a mechanism to dementia and other HIV complications
Author(s) -
Valcour Victor G.,
Shiramizu Bruce T.,
Shikuma Cecilia M.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of leukocyte biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.819
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1938-3673
pISSN - 0741-5400
DOI - 10.1189/jlb.0809571
Subject(s) - immunology , biology , monocyte , disease , virus , peripheral blood mononuclear cell , dementia , virology , mechanism (biology) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , in vitro , pathology , genetics , philosophy , epistemology
Failure of potent antiretroviral therapy to eradicate this HIV reservoir may be responsible for the continued occurence of dementia in HIV‐infected individuals.